Genocide has eight different stages as defined by Gregory Stanton, the president of Genocide Watch. These stages are used to identify, predict, prevent and stop genocides. The stages, in order, are classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, identification, extermination and denial. Rwanda has seen its share of turmoil and genocide due to social classification by the Belgians as they were separated into Hutu and Tutsi, which is a classification based on the size of facial features and the color of their skin. These classifications are arbitrary but it has still caused unrest in violence in Rwanda. Sometimes in April and Hotel Rwanda both portray the development and carryout of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Since
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In Sometimes in April the Rwandan Hutu General is on the phone with Prudence Bushnell, a United States diplomat, and says that the actions being taken were only necessary. He says that the actions were out of self defense and the United Nations reports are exaggerated. The Hutu General is definitely denying the Genocide as a whole. In Hotel Rwanda, General Bizimungu and Paul Rusesabagina are talking at the diplomat and General Bizimungu said that he is not a war criminal and that he did not commit any war crimes. The mindsets that these Hutus have is that they are cleansing the world of non-humans so they think that they are doing what is right. This last stage is shown in different ways in both movies. Both Sometimes in April and Hotel Rwanda are great movies that show the development of the Rwandan genocide. These movies both show the same overall event (the genocide) but portray it in different ways, using different scenes and a different perspective of the genocide while both showing the development of the genocide using the 8 stages. These movies should be shown in school and watched by many as they have information that we can learn from an all remember so we can do our best to prevent history from repeating
In Sometimes in April the Rwandan Hutu General is on the phone with Prudence Bushnell, a United States diplomat, and says that the actions being taken were only necessary. He says that the actions were out of self defense and the United Nations reports are exaggerated. The Hutu General is definitely denying the Genocide as a whole. In Hotel Rwanda, General Bizimungu and Paul Rusesabagina are talking at the diplomat and General Bizimungu said that he is not a war criminal and that he did not commit any war crimes. The mindsets that these Hutus have is that they are cleansing the world of non-humans so they think that they are doing what is right. This last stage is shown in different ways in both movies. Both Sometimes in April and Hotel Rwanda are great movies that show the development of the Rwandan genocide. These movies both show the same overall event (the genocide) but portray it in different ways, using different scenes and a different perspective of the genocide while both showing the development of the genocide using the 8 stages. These movies should be shown in school and watched by many as they have information that we can learn from an all remember so we can do our best to prevent history from repeating