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Hotel Rwanda: A Reflection on Genocide

Hotel Rwanda explores the Rwandan genocide that occurred in 1994 between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. The film focuses on Paul, a hotel manager who shelters over 1,000 refugees, mostly Tutsis, in his hotel from the violence occurring outside. It depicts the cruelty and senseless killing that took place as drunken Hutu militia murdered Tutsis in the streets. The film conveys emotions of anger that the international community did little to stop the 100 days of genocide, where an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed. It ultimately highlights the profound hatred between the Hutu and Tutsi groups that led to the massive loss of lives during the Rwandan genocide.

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Hotel Rwanda: A Reflection on Genocide

Hotel Rwanda explores the Rwandan genocide that occurred in 1994 between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. The film focuses on Paul, a hotel manager who shelters over 1,000 refugees, mostly Tutsis, in his hotel from the violence occurring outside. It depicts the cruelty and senseless killing that took place as drunken Hutu militia murdered Tutsis in the streets. The film conveys emotions of anger that the international community did little to stop the 100 days of genocide, where an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed. It ultimately highlights the profound hatred between the Hutu and Tutsi groups that led to the massive loss of lives during the Rwandan genocide.

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Joseph Anthony M.

Untalan
ABMC – 2A
The Contemporary World

Hotel Rwanda
Directed by: Terry George
Hotel Rwanda explores genocide, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.

The film of Terry George about a humble modest hotel owner who was caught in the
middle of Rwanda genocide between the Hutu and Tutsi groups. In the spring of 1994 the
majority were basically reacting to the assassination of the president and they blamed the
minority of Tutsi for permissive the assassination and as response to the assassination they
decided to wipe out all of the Tutsi’s. In Don Cheadle character “Paul” is basically a modest
hotel owner who has caught in the middle of this confrontation between two ethnic groups and
he realize that his hotel is basically the last refuge for about a thousand and a half refugees.
Hotel Rwanda is a film that made me cry many times throughout the film. This film most
definitely goes to show how cruel people in this world can be. It appears that many people want
someone to blame for their own losses and troubles so they will go as far as to attempt to
murder a whole group of people.

In Hotel Rwanda, the film begins with a strange man speaking in an angry voice about
how the Tutsi rebels need to be stopped and squashed. This man on the radio calls them
cockroaches and murderers. After this scene it goes on to a very happy tune and everything
seems to be alright. It isn’t until Paul goes to meet George to do some sort of an exchange that
things turn a little nasty. George tells Paul that is time that he joins his people and offers him a
shirt. This a shirt we will see throughout the film because all of the Hutus are wearing this shirt.
While Paul and George go to the back to get what Paul needs, a works accidently breaks open
a box full of machetes and you can tell it makes Paul and Debe uncomfortable.

After hearing about what happened in Rwanda, there are many emotions that I feel. I
feel angry, depressed, surprised, and happy all at the same time. There are many reasons I feel
this emotions.

I feel angry because there were people being killed for no reasons at all. There were
drunk people on the streets that would just come up to a person and kill them. I also feel angry
because there were people being killed and none of the other countries did anything to help.
Some visitors from other countries had strict orders not to help any one. I am mad that the
genocide lasted so long. The genocide lasted one hundred days, if it lasted less time it would be
most likely that less people would have died.

I feel depressed because all of these people were being killed for no reason, except for
the fact that they belonged to another group. A Hutus would kill a Tutsis or a Tutsis would kill a
Hutus. I also feel depressed because barely any one there had the courage to speak out and
tell people about what was happening. They were all ahead of being killed.

I feel surprised because I could not even imagine that something strange will happen
and I think it’s only when you get the epilogue or the final part when you know the last notes of
the movie you realize the impact. This man save 1,268 lives are saved because of this one man
in his hotel this ordinary guy when you cannot imagine of this kind on man responsibility of
being a man in life.

In conclusion, It is important to note that the Rwandan destruction of 1994 occurred


because of the profoundly settled in enmity around then between the minority Tutsis clan and
the Hutu clan that were larger part and the disappointment by the worldwide network to react
properly to the brutality. The film Hotel Rwanda doesn't involve the West in an itemized way
however catches the requests by the UN averting the UN fighters from mediating in the
phlebotomy savagery.

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