Who is presented as the protagonist in each story?
GR: General Romeo Dallaire is definitly one of the protagonists presented in this documentary. He doesn't suceed, although it goes without question that his defence of the Tutsi saved hundreds if not thousands of lives. There were also many Hutus who went against their clans genocide to save thousands of Tutsi lives. Many went unnamed and were probobly killed for treason.
HR: Paul Rusesabagina is without a doubt the protagonist in "Hotel Rwanda". He makes clear efforts throughout the movie to stop the Hutu from killing innocent civillians. Not only that, but he manages to save 1,000 plus people comming from both tribes by hiding them in his hotel. Not only that, but the story is basically presented almost completely from his point of view which kind of hints at him being the protagonist.
Who or what was most responsible for the genocide?
I am actually going to be talking more about this in my project actually. I think the most responsbile person group of people for this is European nations for allowing the Hutus to aquire massive amounts of weapons and giving them no warning on how dangerous the weapons can be. They fueled the Hutus for money with no care about the immoral attrocities that were going to take place because of it. They also then had the oppurtunity to step in and stop the genocide once it had started and no one took the oppurtunity to step in stop it because they were too worried about their own financial well-being.
How is Canadian General Romeo Dallaire presented differently in each film.
The main difference I would have to say is that in the documentary, Dallaire was able to portray himself they he wanted, not as a hero, but just layout the facts and give his view on how the whole thing played out. In the movie they tried to portray him as a good guy, which he himself didn't feel like one because of the fact that he technically failed at his mission (although I'm pretty sure he did give his best effort) and he explained in the documentary how he felt that he had failed at his mission and suffered depression because of it.
How concerned with historical accuracy do you think the creators of each film was?
For starters I think the creators of Ghosts of Rwanada were very concerned for the historical accuracy for the fact that basically the entire documentary was personal testimonies which leaves very little room for fiction to enter. Although some forms of bias may have formed, I think the historical accuracy of the film goes without question. However, Hotel Rwanda takes real characters and puts them in a semi-historically accurate plot, but as everyone knows, any movie that goes through hollywood will never be 100% historically accurate as bits and peaces were proboboly added to make it more of an exciting movie.
GR: General Romeo Dallaire is definitly one of the protagonists presented in this documentary. He doesn't suceed, although it goes without question that his defence of the Tutsi saved hundreds if not thousands of lives. There were also many Hutus who went against their clans genocide to save thousands of Tutsi lives. Many went unnamed and were probobly killed for treason.
HR: Paul Rusesabagina is without a doubt the protagonist in "Hotel Rwanda". He makes clear efforts throughout the movie to stop the Hutu from killing innocent civillians. Not only that, but he manages to save 1,000 plus people comming from both tribes by hiding them in his hotel. Not only that, but the story is basically presented almost completely from his point of view which kind of hints at him being the protagonist.
Who or what was most responsible for the genocide?
I am actually going to be talking more about this in my project actually. I think the most responsbile person group of people for this is European nations for allowing the Hutus to aquire massive amounts of weapons and giving them no warning on how dangerous the weapons can be. They fueled the Hutus for money with no care about the immoral attrocities that were going to take place because of it. They also then had the oppurtunity to step in and stop the genocide once it had started and no one took the oppurtunity to step in stop it because they were too worried about their own financial well-being.
How is Canadian General Romeo Dallaire presented differently in each film.
The main difference I would have to say is that in the documentary, Dallaire was able to portray himself they he wanted, not as a hero, but just layout the facts and give his view on how the whole thing played out. In the movie they tried to portray him as a good guy, which he himself didn't feel like one because of the fact that he technically failed at his mission (although I'm pretty sure he did give his best effort) and he explained in the documentary how he felt that he had failed at his mission and suffered depression because of it.
How concerned with historical accuracy do you think the creators of each film was?
For starters I think the creators of Ghosts of Rwanada were very concerned for the historical accuracy for the fact that basically the entire documentary was personal testimonies which leaves very little room for fiction to enter. Although some forms of bias may have formed, I think the historical accuracy of the film goes without question. However, Hotel Rwanda takes real characters and puts them in a semi-historically accurate plot, but as everyone knows, any movie that goes through hollywood will never be 100% historically accurate as bits and peaces were proboboly added to make it more of an exciting movie.
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