Film Analysis: Hotel Rwanda Genocide

The massacres in Rwanda were people from opposing groups fighting against one another; a civil war had taken place in Rwanda between 1990 and 1993 when the RPF invaded in 1990 where 50000 people were killed throughout the civil war. The civil war was conflict between the government of President Juvénal Habyarimana and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front. The RPF consisted of Tutsi’s in Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania. The Arusha Accords (peace agreement) signed in Arusha Tanzania on August 4th 1993, by the government of Rwanda and the RPF put an end to the civil war which took place over 3 years of fighting between the Rwandan government and the RPF. However a civil war is not targeted at a specific group therefore Rwanda cannot have had a civil war in 1994 because the killings in Rwanda had been targeted and at a specific group.

A genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The most well-known Genocide in the world is the Holocaust, a mass murder of 6 million Jews and other ethnic groups that were said to be inferior to the Germans. 3 other popular Genocides include the Rwanda, the Morori, and the Irish-potato famine. Each of the genocides have had a great impact on the entire world.

(document 7) Belgians created the ideas of the Tutsis being the superior race and the Hutus are the inferior race, moreover, the Belgian had ethnic identity cards made to distinguish between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Someone shot the president of Rwanda, Habyarimana ‘s airplane down, this gave an open door to the Hutus to gain control of Rwanda and over the Tutsis. Since there was no president all hell broke loose, Hutu officials corrupted government ran radios and newspapers, they suggested the killing of Tutsis. (Document 8) A group called, Rwandan Patriotic Front founded by Tutsis attacked government forces and defeated radical Hutu in Kigali. More than 3 million migrated to Europe, Canada, the United States, or neighboring countries. (document 9) Also, in one hundred days more than 1 million murdered. The UN troops ' arrival helped keep order and restore basic service, furthermore; the government of Rwanda is pursuing the policy of punishment and reconciliation.

Hotel Rwanda is an awakening and enduring film. This cinema takes place during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Rwanda was split into two main groups; the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu took up about 85% of the population and the Tutsi took up about 14% of the population. Since the Bronze age, Rwanda was ruled by the Tutsi. The groups were originally split up by, “measuring the length of their noses… measuring their height… comparing skin colors” Hotel Rwanda. The taller, more elegant, and the lighter skins were known as the Tutsi, while the rest were the Hutu. During the film, the Hutu were revolting and taking over. A real life hero, Paul Rusesabagina rescued 1268 refugees in Hotel Rwanda. Rusesabagina’s wife Tatiana Rusesabagina helped Paul deal with the depression of the Rwandan Genocide. In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina is a hero.

The genocide was an after affect of the scramble for Africa by European countries who help no regard for the people who already lived their. In the scramble for Africa many European countries raced to make claims on land in Africa that was already lived on by natives, they mistreated the natives and killed and enslaved many of them. This was prevalent in Rwanda when the belgians imperialized the land. The belgians sent the Hutus who were the majority of the population into slavery and lead to mass deaths of their people. But they lead the land through another ethnic group the tutsis who made up about 15% of the population compared to the 85% population of Hutus. This made large divides between the two cultures and later many civil conflicts between the groups. In 1994 when the president 's plane was shot down the government and Hutu militants blamed the Tutsis, radio broadcasts across the country encourages Hutus to take revenge and kill the Tutsis, in the end an estimated 800000 to 1 million people died. The globalization of Belgians colony and the scramble for africa through that part of the world into a blood conflict of cultures and terrorist/militant groups that still rages on

The United States often have an had interest in the political, social and civil crises of other countries in order to benefit themselves. American senior officials hid the truth of the Rwanda Genocide to avoid public moral obligation. The government did not give any financial or political support to the country because Rwanda did not offer minerals or political advantages and stability; the US ' government did not want to be involved in another conflict, even though it has helped other countries in the past.1 But what is truly deeper hidden, are the stories of people like Immacule, a young girl, who, unlike thousands of others, survived the catastrophic genocide in Rwanda.

International failure to stop the Rwandan genocide is a matter of shame for the western world and the rest of the world need to learn lessons from this slaughter. It is pertinent to mention that genocide is the result of a systematic development, culminating in the crime of crimes which implies that it is possible to prevent genocide by finding its causes. Prevention is better than cure always. It is best to detect the roots of genocide early on or before it even begins. The world should adopt the political re-socialization to replace nationalistic attitudes and value systems with more international and humanitarian based ethos (Krugar 103). The best solution to prevent the genocide is to identify and spotlight the countries in danger of genocidal violence and the population should be educated about the abuses of ethnic identity and ethnic cleansing. Moreover, the international community could prevent the genocide by various methods such as negotiations, mediation, coercive methods like defaulters and sanctions, use of high technology like the signal jamming of radio stations. In addition to this, international communities need to break their silence and resolve indifferences and to implement the ‘political will’ strictly; they should be committed towards the principles of power sharing, consensus building, post conflict recovery and timely action. President Bill Clinton admits, about the Rwanda genocide failure, that it was one of “the greatest regrets of [his]

In 1994, Rwanda was gripped with murderous fervor as Hutus across the country took up machetes against their Tutsi neighbors in what became 100 days of genocide that left 800,000 dead. Does the history of Rwanda provide any evidence of the implementation of the ten steps of genocide? How did Belgian imperialism influence the relationship between Hutus and Tutsis? What ultimately made the average Hutu decide to murder their Tutsi neighbors? In this paper I will investigate how the ten steps of genocide was used in Rwanda, the effects of imperialism on Rwandan culture and gain insight into why Hutus decided to kill Tutsis through the analysis of the book Machete Season by Jean Hatzfeld.

The international community showed a very lackadaisical approach and did not intervene. The lack of political will showed by USA, the alleged support given to perpetrators of this genocide by France, the bureaucratic nature of United Nations are some of the factors that resulted in one of the most horrendous crimes which could have been prevented if the international community had shown a respect for the international law.

The Rwandan Genocide occured on April, 1994. It began when the Rwandan president, Juvénal Habyarimana was murdered when his plane was shot down. This assassination is what started the brutal genocide in the Hutu population. Many Hutus thought that the Tutsis were responsible for the president death. It began with slaughtering moderate government officials and to those who did not show respect to people involved with the government. During the violence, Roméo Dallaire was confident and faced a challenging and nearly impossible situation. His force decreased from 2,500 soldiers to around a few hundreds. On the first day of the genocide, many nations removed their troops and backed away. The United Nations kept on refusing to send for back up.

The death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana whose plane was shot down above the Kigali airport in April 6 1994 was the last straw. A French judge blamed the current Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, at the time the leader of a Tutsi rebel group (“How the Genocide Happened-BBC News”). The rebel group wanted to overthrow Habyarimana and return to their homeland. After months of fighting they finally signed a peace treaty but it did little to stop the arguments between the two cultures (“How the Genocide Happened-BBC News”). Then when the plane was shot down the genocide

Just as it is important to analyze similarities, differences can lead to connections being made as well. For the Nazis, propaganda played a large part in turning the Germans against the Jewish people. They were able to use extensive propaganda to separate and dehumanize the Jews from the average German citizen. One way this was done was through the media with anti-semitic publications like Der Sturmer, a very popular newspaper that printed articles and cartoons about the Jewish people, showing them in unfavorable ways and speaking against them. For example, an article written in Der Sturmer by Ernst Hiemer claimed “The Jewish danger will be eliminated only when Jewry throughout the world has ceased

But there are 9 exclusive things that make them different. The timespan in the Armenian genocide they had 18 months of continuous killings, and in the Rwandan genocide they had 4 months. This is why the number of deaths in the Armenian genocide was greater than the in the Rwandan genocide. The perpetrators in the Armenian genocide was mostly military and military forces of the states as well as auxiliaries from other Ottoman civilizations like the Kurdish tribes. In the Rwandan genocide the Presidental Guard and the Rwandan army and police plus many people from all sections of the Hutu socities. This is why there were so many deaths, because the people who were commiting the murders knew the landscape and geography so they knew where basically everyone was. Warning signs, in the Armenian genocide violenece againt Armenians in the eastern regions by the Kurdish tribes went unpunished by the Ottoman state. In the Rwandan genocide many Tutis fled to the neighboring country of Uganda and Burundi following the fall of the colonial rule which was supported by the Tutis until 1962. This is why the numbers of death were significant because people didn’t really know what was going on until they already being killed or in the process of being

Have you ever had a feud with another family or group of people?... Well the Hutu have, and this specific group was the Tutsi. Eventually this lead to the Hutu Killing 800,000 people of the Tutsi minority in the space of 100 days. Men were told to kill their Tutsi wives, and if they didn’t... the lives of them and their wife/wives would have been taken. In the text, BBC:100 days of genocide, it says, “ Lists of government opponents were handed out to militias who went and killed them, along with all of their families. Neighbors killed neighbors and some husbands, even killed their Tutsi wives, saying they would be killed if they refused.” You may wonder what would cause such a horrid thing? Well it all started way back in 1990 where they fought until a peace deal was agreed in 1993. But on the night of April 6th, 1994, president Juvenal Habyarimana, and his counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, both Hutus, was shot down, killing everyone on board. The Hutus extremists blamed RPF and immediately started a well-organised campaign of slaughter. The RPF said the plane had been shot down by Hutus to provide an excuse for the genocide. In the text it says, “On the night of 6 April 1994 a plane carrying then President Juvenal Habyarimana, and his counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi - both Hutus - was shot down, killing everyone on board. Hutu extremists blamed the RPF and immediately started a well-organised campaign of slaughter. The RPF said the plane had been shot down by Hutus to provide an excuse for the genocide.” France tried to solve the disagreements between the Tutsi and Hutus by setting up safe zones but was later prosecuted for claims of them not doing enough. In the text, BBC:100 days of genocide, it says, “The French, who were allies of the Hutu government, sent a force

In the BBC’s news “Rwanda: How the genocide happened”, the Genocide itself started in April 1994. Only in a hundred days were about 800,000 people were killed. During this time, the Rwanda war was also in session between the Hutus and Tutsis, who belong in the same ethnic groups (“Rwanda: How the genocide happened”). The Hutus plan was to destroy the entire population of the Tutsis, which is where the killing started between the two (Genocide in Rwanda). Following their plans, there were serious murders that fell upon both nationalities; thrown into the lakes were tons of Tutsi bodies (“Rwanda: How the genocide happened). Daniel, who has been a witness throughout the event, has seen how brutal the killings got. He described it as, “The Kagera has become a river of blood . . . at one point [eighty-seven] bodies