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David Belton

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David Belton is a director, writer, and film producer. His experiences as a BBC reporter covering the 1994 Rwandan genocide led him to write the original story and produce the film Shooting Dogs, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, which dramatizes the events at the Ecole Technique Officielle.[1] It was retitled Beyond the Gates for its 2007 U.S. release.[2] He has directed documentaries (for the BBC, Simon Schama's Power of Art, "The Silent War") and drama-documentaries and documentaries for PBS (God in America and The Amish) and dramas for the BBC (Ten Days to War). His book, When the Hills Ask for Your Blood was published in January 2014 by Doubleday.

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    David Belton (26 March 2006). "Walking with ghosts". The Guardian.
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    "David Belton". IMDb. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
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    "Amish: American Experience". RadioWest website. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
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    "When the Hills Ask for Your Blood by David Belton, book review: One". Independent.co.uk. 31 January 2014.
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    Radio Times 26 February-6 March 2015
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    "'I loved it - but it's painful'". The Guardian. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2008.


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