I have not seen the movie, but odds are the book is better! It’s the story of a white Zimbabwean family during the Rhodesian Civil War, in the mid sixties-seventies. It was a brutal time to live there.
Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight provides a good snapshot of the horrors of the civil war, and black and white relations there. The beauty of the country, and of the indigenous people shines through despite the overall depressing story. One may not be able to relate to the struggles of living in a third world country at war, but the family dynamics and coping with tragedies are those experienced by families everywhere.
