set during the srebrenica massacre of 1995, during which over 8000 muslim men and boys were killed byhe command of war criminal ratko mladic, the film centres onjasna djuricic�*s titular translator, struggling to save her family during an unfolding atrocity to which the world turns a blind eye. it sounds unwatchably tough, but in the hands of writer—directorjasmila zbanic, this horrifying tale is lent a profoundly human heart, ensuring that we keep on watching, a notable achievement for a film that's centrally concerned with the spectre of looking away. there's a hint of terry george's hotel rwanda in the understated evocation of an approaching holocaust, the sense of something terrible unfolding in full view of a world that does nothing. both films managed to balance the enormity of dreadful historical events with the emotional specificity of a personal story, allowing the audience to engage even as they are appalled and outraged. crucially, zbanic describes her film as portraying the courage, love and resilience of a woman caught in a male game of war, while also providing an awful

different because it does not involve the kind of mass killings that you would see in, say, rwanda or srebrenicaue, but we are seeing an ability we are seeing an intention to destroy a group. we've seen the chinese communist party's officials talk about the uyghurs and these other groups as tumors, malignant tumors that have to be removed to make statements about how you can't just pluck all the weeds from the field one by one. you have to use chemicals to kill them all when talking about uyghurs within the chinese state. and so the language from the chinese communist party's leadership has been pretty explicit on some of these fronts. when you put that together with the acts that they have committed, specifically the forced sterilization, the forced abortion that forc birth control of uyghur women and the efforts, the systematic efforts that they have taken to ensure compliance with these coercive population control measures that have been in place for the past three years. then we were the secretary came to the conclusion that genocide was the appropriate designation. >> schifrin: what do you

set during the srebrenica massacre of 1995, during which over 8000 muslim men and boys were killed byl view of a world that does nothing. both films managed to balance the enormity of dreadful historical events with the emotional specificity of a personal story, allowing the audience to engage even as they are appalled and outraged. crucially, zbanic describes herfilm as portraying the courage, love and resilience of a woman caught in a male game of war, while also providing an awful reminder of what happens if we fail to react on time to warning signs. it's a very powerful and very personal film, available exclusively on curzon home cinema, with the hope of a big—screen release whenever that becomes possible. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. do you want to just take a moment and come back later? just one more. is that good? no, it's not good. good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. our headlines today. stay patient and stay at home — england's deputy chief medical officer urges million