this movie be tell through the eye of a young teacher at a catholic school and watching a the rawandan genocide un furls around him . the movie start off with a brief explanation about the past history and rivalry of rawanda . then it jump to the story a tell through the eye of a young idealistic new comer a young teacher who doesn not take life or the situation too seriously . a he and the driver approach a road block he play around with his driver i. d. not realize that this be a serious moment and that if the driver can not identify himself a be of the right tribe to the soldier they will be kill . and thats how he treat the unfolding story of chaos and unfold around him . suddenly realize that every rawandan ( include his driver ) be involve and that the european soldier and tourist can not and will not help . the medium camera can not stop machete and and there too many machete wield militia men too shoot . the title come from the army captain say he go to shoot the dog eat the dead body around his compound and but would not shoot the militia men that be kill people around the compound . mainly because they haven not fire at the soldier yet . finally he realize the hopelessness of the situation and the guy who tell the evacuation team that he want to give up his seat for one of the intend victim and flees with his tail in between his leg and rather than face immanent death with the school kid he promise not to leave behind . it more of character study and and a come to jesus moment for one character and than a story about the genocide in rawanda . this movie do not have to take place in rawanda and it could have take place any one of the genocidal hell hole go around this world at any give time .