magonzalez-15762
Kinyarwanda was a very motivational movie to watch. It went through the rehabilitation process of extremest Hutu's after the Rwandan Genocide and showed how people of different religions in the community came together in order to protect each other, despite their differences. There were some parts of the film that I did not understand however, and that made it somewhat confusing. The story doesn't progress in a linear fashion, instead, it jumps around to different periods of time and different perspectives. That made it very difficult not only to distinguish between characters, but understand what was happening. I did like it for its artistic choice however. It was very interesting to see the story through other character's eyes. I was also confused about the Rwandan Genocide. I know that this doesn't have to do with anything about the movie, but the Genocide confused me still. Why did so many people want to kill each other and hurt each other?
Lily Schneider
The film, "Kinyarwanda," filmed by Alrick Brown, has a unique perspective on the Rwandan genocide, as well as the Islamic religion widely practiced in Rwanda. I have mixed feelings about this specific film. I liked and also disliked the flashback factor integrated in the film. It was very cool and unique, but it also made the film much harder to follow. It was a very cool touch that the director added into the making of the film. Director, Alrick Brown, is from Kingston, Jamaica, and he served in the peace corps for several years. Therefore, Brown has a multicultural perspective on many world issues, this including the Rwandan genocide. Often portrayed in a negative way, Alrick Brown shows the hidden good side of the people stuck within the Rwandan genocide. This is often something we miss with American films -- the different global perspectives on a subject. What we may think in America and our views could be totally twisted to what the actual impact and turnout to the event ended up being in different countries where those problems take place. Other countries' views could be totally twisted to what we think happened, so it is refreshing to receive a clean, global perspective from a person who knows more about the Rwandan culture than I do.
drhupp
Kinyarwanda was a film that took place in the country of Rwanda in Africa. In the beginning of the film, everything seemed to be fine, showing no ethnic discrimination, until people were seen lined up in the streets at night after Tutsi's had been captured hiding in a church. Then a character came home one night to see that her parents had been murdered by a Hutu, that would be an awful experience that I'm hoping would never happen to me or someone I know. For a movie filmed in Rwanda it seemed pretty Americanized, English was the main language in the movie and it had a sort of happy ending like an American film. This was of course because the director was Jamaican, so English was the language. Personally, I liked the ending of the movie and don't think there's anything much different that could have happened to make the film better.
Mike B
This movie had a somewhat different approach. It was an all-African cast. The flow of the film could be unpredictable – and would lead you into unexpected areas. On a number of occasions some of the scenes surprised me – and I mean this in a positive way. The dialogue approached the profound. This film makes you listen and watch with intensity. There is nothing superficial here.This film was about what different people did during the Rwandan genocide. As expected some behaved very badly – and others more admirably. The violence was there – but it was suggested violence. There are men with machetes – and you know very well what this will lead to as they enter a room or a building. Perhaps there was a religious angle in the film that was somewhat over-stressed, but I can live with that.
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