Analysis Of Genocide In Rwanda

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The movie is about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The Hutu were trying to wipe out the Tutsi race. The main character Augustine is a Hutu but has to be on the run most of the movie just because he married a Tutsi woman Jean.

The movie began in 2004 with Augustine talking to his new girlfriend Martine about going to visit his brother Honore. Then they go to a flashback to 1994 when the genocide started. They show the president of Rwanda being shot down while in his plane. Then after that the genocide began. The Hutu formed an army and began training soldiers. The Hutu then go out door to door killing anyone that is Tutsi or married to Tutsi. Augustine was forced to send his wife Jean and his two sons with his brother to protect them. The Hutu

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