Summer 2012 Summer 2012 A partial requirement for RS2 A partial requirement for RS2 “Hotel Rwanda” Teresa Gonzales Yulo BEEN 4 A Reaction Paper on the movie “Hotel Rwanda” “Hotel Rwanda” Teresa Gonzales Yulo BEEN 4 A Reaction Paper on the movie “Hotel Rwanda” 08 Fall 08 Fall Hotel Rwanda describes the rivalry between two ethnic groups‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. Both groups shared the same language‚ culture‚ territory‚ customs and beliefs but had different physical features and
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Running Head: Hotel Rwanda Movie and Text Hotel Rwanda the Movie with Connection to the Text Sociology 210-101 Hotel Rwanda the Movie with Connection to the Text Summary Based on a true story‚ this movie involves a Hutu man‚ Paul‚ and his wife‚ Tatiana who is Tutsi. Paul does everything he possibly can to keep his family safe. He works as a manager in a hotel‚ which later on becomes a refugee camp for the surviving Tutsis. The UN sends
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Hotel Rwanda‚ directed by Terry George‚ is a 2004 film made depicting the Rwandan genocides. The historical context of the film is in 1994 in Rwanda‚ when the extremist Interahamwe militias were gathering forces to kill Tutsi tribe’s people. They succeeded for the most part‚ killing more than 800‚000 innocent people within a hundred days. The film is shown entirely from the point of view of Paul Rusesabagina‚ who hosted over 1200 Rwandan refugees in his Hotel Mille Collines. The camera only leaves
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In the movie Hotel Rwanda‚ the Hutu Tribe started a civil war with each other. The Hutu Tribe disliked the Tutsi Tribe because they felt as though they arrogant. One man in the movie stated that you could identify a Tutsi because of the lighter skin and that they were upper class. The Tutsi Tribe were the minority and the Hutus felt the need to wipe them out. They did this by basically having a genocide. A genocide is a mass murder against a group of particular people. The Hutus came with soldiers
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Schindler’s List Reaction Paper Schindler’s List has been argued as Steven Spielberg’s greatest film. The truth is that this movie was Spielberg’s masterpiece as a director. I have seen Schindler’s List three times to date‚ and every time I watch it‚ it gets better. The movie itself is in majority a sad one‚ I like to think of myself as an optimist and even when I am watching the movie it is hard to find the good hidden amongst the bad. This movie is not just a movie‚ but also a documentary delving
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Unit 2 Schindler’s List Essay By Jayden Oskar Schindler was a man who was considered a good man by many. He gave jobs to the hated Jews and the cripples even though these things were strongly looked down upon and eventually became something that was just far fetched in anyone’s mind but his own. In the time when he lived Jewish women were looked upon as non-human and something to be ashamed of but instead of hating the Jewish women he kissed one of them. He was looked to as a very good person
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“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference” Winston Churchill. This relates to the film Schindlers List as the main character Oskar Schindler has a major change in attitude towards the Jewish people. At the beginning of the film Schindler is introduced as a selfish man looking to exploit the Jews as workers. While he witnesses the liquidation of the Ghettos Schindler’s personality soon changes as he releases he can make a difference. This is shown using specific shots and lighting techniques
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Schindlers List 1) I believe the author; Steven Spielberg‚ intended to send a message concerning the human rights all humans have‚ and attempt to further enhance our understanding of the justice system‚ and its importance. With the amount of discriminations going on in the past few hundred years‚ I believe the message was to better inform the population of today about the truth and to help them respect the value of difference and life. 2) Like I mentioned in the first question‚ I believe
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different issues and compared our ideas with the movie Hotel Rwanda which revealed the genocide and the Western countries ignorance. They labeled the time of unrest as `an act of genocide´‚ therefore not allowing nations to come and aid the victims because their interest did not lie in helping politically as it was not beneficial. Paul Rusesabagina‚ the main protagonist‚ is a brave hotel manager who saved the lives of the Tutsis he housed in a hotel and offered a different perspective on globalization
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not even know where Rwanda is or even what a genocide is. In 1994 the culture clash between the Hutu and the Tutsi exploded into a civil war and mass genocide. The United Nations along with the developed world sat back doing little or nothing and watched thousands of people die. The movie Hotel Rwanda illustrates the powerful representation of that horrific genocide‚ and highlights key points important to international politics. The movie sets the stage by following a hotel manager‚ a Hutu.
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