Review of Hotel Rwanda (2004) by Henriette O — 23 Mar 2010
The Rwandan genocide of 1994 was one of the defining events of the twentieth century. It ended the illusion that the evil of genocide had been eradicated and forced us to confront the massive killing of civilians in a way we had not done for fifty years.
Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, we had seen ordinary people deliberately slain in many conflicts, but not since the Holocaust had we seen civilians massacred so rapidly, so systematically, and with such a blatantly genocidal objective.
And yet national governments and international institutions refused to intervene, backing away from a crisis that was politically complex but morally simple. It is impossible for me to understand why we insist on not evolvingâ?¦.
This review of Hotel Rwanda (2004) was written by Henriette O on 23 Mar 2010.
Hotel Rwanda has generally received very positive reviews.
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