<p>wow, just wow. good movie that everyone has to see.</p>
<p>that is one of my favorite movies!!!</p>
<p>the hutus and the tutsie's (i think i spelled those two wrong)-so much anger and hatred towards each other just becuase of stupid control issues and the color of your skin.....i wish it wasn't true....:(</p>
<p>heh, not even color of skin.</p>
<p>yeah its a great movie!</p>
<p>Schindler's List I feel portrays an almost identical story, both of which were certainly powerful.</p>
<p>ohmy that movie scared me. I really enjoyed it though</p>
<p>If you enjoy it check out 'Sometimes in April'. Its freakishly alike to Hotel Rawada in that its a Hutu man marries a Tutis woman and have 2 children and the house lived looked just like the one in HR. Alot of similarities to point out more (even mention in a line that a Hutu hotal owner was taking in Tutisis). I thought it was more realistic, sadder, and guesome story of the massacre. I could hold back tears in HR but with Sometimes, it was much harder.</p>
<p>Reality check, ladies and gentlemen:</p>
<p>The genocide that occurred in "Hotel Rwanda" is currently being repeated in Sudan. Once again both the US and UN have taken minimal roles in the conflict.</p>
<p>The 1994 genocide of Rwanda was NOT AT ALL based on skin color. It was all about terrorital conflict.</p>
<p>Genocides are being played in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Sudan.... I doubt the US or the UN had intervened at all. But after all, what good could helping Africa do? Africa is worth basically nothing...</p>
<p>"But after all, what good could helping Africa do? Africa is worth basically nothing..."</p>
<p>Now why do you say that?</p>
<p>Why would I say that? I'm quoting from what many African people say. I'm quoting that because that's what many people think. In "Hotel Rwanda", the UN General and the hotel manager both say the similar thing. And it's sad that people view Africa as a worthless land... the perspective is "Why bother? What could they do for us in exchange?"</p>
<p>It's really sad but that is the reality of what the Western political views.</p>
<p>Trust me, if I could change the situation of the genocides in Africa... even if it were one person, I'd do it.</p>
<p>"minimal roles"- it seems to me that Americans are the ones taking the minimal role, how many kids even know whats going on?
Fact: Sudan recieves the 3rd largest aid from the U.S gov., behind Iraq and Afgan. (interesting)</p>
<p>stupid control issues-just wanted to make this clear..i know it was about territory but in the movie they would look at your skin color to say of which "people" you are and among other things</p>
<p>beautiful movie... It was definitely one of the most emotional movies I've seen. Depressing and sad, but inspiring also- could see the parallels with Schindler's List. If you haven't seen it yet, go rent it now!</p>
<p>No one has mentioned the movie done on Pol Pot's massacres, The Killing Fields. It too is an extremely moving movie about mass killings like those in Rwanda and Nazi Germany.</p>
<p>I was watching a History Channel documentary on it and one of the things they were talking about was the fact that none of the western nations did anything about it, specifically the uselessness of the UN. They mentioned that the only country to send troops was France. As a sarcastic conservative, this made gave me pause. "That's awfully courageous," I thought, especially for the French. Right on cue, the documentary explained that the French came in and promptly escorted all the Hutus to safety. Albeit there were some legitimate concerns about retribution at the hands of the victim Tutsies, the French troops basically came in and protected the murderers. It's as if the Russians or someone else (people who were supposed to be our strategic allies the same way the French are "supposed" to be ours now and in 1994) went into Germany and helped the Nazis escape. Another reason to hate the French.</p>
<p>Good books on the topic: "We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families" (Philip Gourevitch) and "Shake Hands With the Devil: Stories from Rwanda" (Romeo Dallaire-the UN Force Commander tells his side of the story). You can only read ten or twenty pages at a time because it's just too overwhelming. Anyway, I liked both of them. I didn't know that nations like France and Egypt had actually funneled weapons, aid (and even military advisors for the government forces), contributing to things escalating later on.</p>
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<p>something I've been wondering, how do u know if the charity money actually helps? How can you know if the money isn't wasted or used inproperly or used properly but somehow backfires? And where can I read a decent paper that can help me decide whether sending money to a chaotic country will accomplish anything or not?</p>
<p>Everybody had glorified Hotel Rwanda so much to the point where I thought I'd be watching the greatest film of all time that would alter the course of my life. People set my expectations too high and ruined it for me :(. It was extremely informative, though, and I definitely appreciate that. I can't believe how most people STILL don't even know what happened in Rwanda.</p>
<p>Stupid selective imperialism.</p>
<p>vtran31: you really can't guarantee that your money will go towards its intended cause. But that's where you have to use your judgement and decide whether you think it's worth the risk. My sister and my dad had a discussion about this, and my dad argued that he'd only donate money if 95% of it or so was going towards the cause, but my sister said that she understands that organizations have their own vitality to worry about, and she's okay with only 50% of her donation going directly to the cause just because an organization like the Red Cross DOES have an influence, so its maintenance is worth it.</p>