CJC 101 - Exam 2 Film Characters & Ideaas

Colonel Oliver

head of UN peacekeeping force stationed in Kigali; limited protection for the hotel; evacuates foreign nationals; represents criticism of international inaction; genuinely cares but is forbidden from UN from intervening

Dehumanization

Hutu people referred to as “cockroaches"; radio broadcasts fueling extermination of Tutsis; international indifference

General Augustin Bizimungu

Rwandan military officer; brutality and corruption of miltiary leadership; moral collapse of institutions during genocide; Paul bribes him into letting the refugees stay at the hotel

Georges Rutaganda

Rwandan Hutu militia leader; supplier for the hotel; organized systematic nature of genocide; radio broadcasts;

Hotel des Mille Collines

refugee camp (eventually)

Hutu

majority ethnic group; marginalized under Belgian rule

Interhamwe

Hutu extremist militia group

Jack Daglish

american journalist; power and limit of journalism; western perspective of journalists; evacuated

Paul Ruseassabagina

hotel manager; manages to save 1200+ people during genocide, negotiation with military leadership

Radio

propaganda, manipulation, fear, power of media

Red Cross (ICRC)

humanitarian efforts, limits of aid; individual acts of compassion matter even when institutions fail

Rwanda

before colonialism, ethnic categories weren’t so rigid; belgium stirred permanent division

Tutsi

major ethnic group; minority

United Nations

international authority; moral responsibility; limits of global intervention; racial and political inequalities