After watching Hotel Rwanda‚ I had many emotions including confusion‚ frustration and gratitude. I was initially unfamiliar with tribal labels‚ such as Hutu of Tutsi. ‘Tribal violence’ is not discussed frequently on the western part of the globe. I was incredibly frustrated by the non-stop nagging of the supposedly officials. The officials took advantage of their power and chose to ignore the genocide. Their ignorance made them responsible for the thousands of innocent people horrendously killed
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Rednaxela R. Calderon ASSIGNMENT No. 4 HOTEL RWANDA GUIDE QUESTIONS: 1. If you were in the situation of Paul‚ how far would you go to protect your countrymen‚ when you know very well that this will cost you the life of your family? Will you abandon your family to save the lives of others? => If I will put myself in Paul’s situation‚ I think‚ I would help and protect my countrymen as long as I can and as long as I’m living. But first I’m going to ensure my family’s safety before I gamble
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Hutu The mention of the word “Hutu” immediately conjures up images of mass murder from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The recent film Hotel Rwanda brought the horrible atrocities of that genocide to the public eye. However‚ it is not only in Rwanda that the Hutu have been involved in ethnic war. The country of Burundi‚ a neighbor to Rwanda‚ was the site of the first violence between the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu people of Burundi have a rich culture and history that has been largely
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the theme of war. The texts I have studied are Hotel Rwanda directed by Terri George‚ The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski‚ Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni and Saving Private Ryan directed by Steven Spielberg. The connections in these texts examine the effects of war as they are all set during war time. It was interesting to see that the same ideas came throughout the texts; in particular I expect Saving Private Ryan and Hotel Rwanda to connect as they both explore how war builds
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Intercultural Barriers in Film: Hotel Rwanda Intercultural communication is “a method of communication that aims to share information across different cultures and social groups” (http://www.uslegal.com/). The challenges that may occur during this type of communication stem from misunderstanding or lack of trust of people customs that are foreign to the listener. This can cause many barriers when trying to initiate intercultural communication. I will be discussing the film Hotel Rwanda while analyzing the
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Michel Hotel Rwanda‚ and Night comparison 2/6/13 The Holocaust was a tragic even to occur during WWI. Millions of innocent lives were taking only because they were of a different religion. Hitler was the dictator of Germany back in WWI and he thought of a “’perfect race.” This race did not include the Jewish population so he decided to get rid of them. Aside from the Holocaust the Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. The
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When the teacher turn off the light‚ the projection went on‚ a gloomy announcement of the Hutu radio station haunts in the classroom. Hotel Rwanda is starting. It was this movie totally changed my opinion on the International Law and International Criminal Court (ICC). I used not to be very passionate about International Law. Instead‚ the flag of human rights protection‚ from my previous perspective‚ was only a proliferation of western ideals and it’s terribly hard to impartially apply them everywhere
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Josemare T. D. Santos Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in? The city is Kigali in Rwanda. 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? They came from China‚ each one cost ten cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s Hotel. The most part was rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested Victor (the neighbor)? He told that someone who didn’t liked him must denounced
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Ways to Murder Thousands of People Hotel Rwanda and Erin Brockovich are two provocative films that take a look at separate deviant acts but still present similar dangerous social problems. The conflicts that are portrayed are different in the means of operation but both share a similar end with the endangerment of thousands of people. We will examine how these deviant decisions affect both their societies and the reasons behind these atrocious acts. Hotel Rwanda is a very graphic film filled with
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Hotel Rwanda opens with a voiceover by George Rutaganda‚ an Interhamwe leader‚ on the radio that says: “When people ask me‚ good listeners‚ why do I hate the Tutsi‚ I say‚ read out history…They are cockroaches. They are murderers. Rwanda is our Hutu land” (George 2004). This detestation of the Tutsi people manifests itself in the genocide. In Shake Hands With the Devil
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