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Black Earth Rising finale review – slick Rwandan drama signs off in style

Hugo Blick’s sprawling, risk-taking thriller dealing with the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide came to an end that was assembled with precision

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And so, after eight exhilarating, sometimes confounding weeks, we reach the final episode of Black Earth Rising (BBC Two), a sprawling and boldly executed thriller dealing with the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. If you took notes, now would be a good time to refer to them.

The series was written, produced and directed by Hugo Blick, who reserved a gem of a part for himself as the sleazy, war criminal-representing barrister Blake Gaines. Long gone and much missed (dispatched by his own chauffeur in episode five), Gaines returned in spirit in the form of an envelope bequeathed to his rival Michael Ennis (John Goodman). Inside was an invoice that showed that the genocidaire Patrice Ganimana’s legal bills were being paid by something called the Universal Church of Christ the Peacemaker, a front for a mining company.

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