I watched it in my global issues class-It was so intense! The plot of the movie seems as though it was so hollywood-ized but it was based completely on the Hotel that Ruse ran.
One of the things that I noticed was that the people, when they weren't in any immediate danger, kept themselves pretty busy, and for the most part seemed to be having fun. The children were shown running around outside and putting on talent shows. This shows the audience that even in times of crisis, people, most often children, will find the good.
We also watched one of the special features, in which Ruse took a camera crew with him on his first trip back to Rwanda since the genocide. He visited a living memorial to the genocide. There was a french "reservation" type deal where something along the lines of 75,000 people were slaughtered. The site was kept in the exact condition it was left in. There were rooms after rooms of skeletons, with one room being solely children. They then talked about how the French soldiers were trying to cover up the genocide, so they took corpses and buried them in a heap in an empty spot. Then, they grew grass over the plot and made a volleyball court.
Ridiculous huh?
The movie was really good though, well acted and well put together.
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What I think might help on your paper is exploring how the movie and the other clip, in which the author returns to Rwanda, affected the people. Also, how did they enrich your knowledge of the subject or help you gain new insight? What was the author's reaction to visiting Rwanda?
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