Group Discussion Part 2

The words and images in the movie were portrayed differently based on the point of view of everyone who were involved in the survival and murders of the genocide. The radio stations would broadcast messages about how the Tutsi were threats to the Hutu. The images seen about the Tutsi being attacked showed what the Hutu were doing and how serious it became.

The response from the hotel staff was careless about their jobs. They would hang by the radio and listen rather then working to keep the hotel running. The people across Rwanda depending on what side they were on either ran and hid in fear or patriotically roamed the roads cheering for their pride. The UN would try to avoid conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi.

The rest of the world could had been busy with their own issues and what went on around them. Not everyone knew what was happening and some may had not think of it as a big deal to them.

The ones accountable for the media were the foreign press. They hold the power to let anything they wanted in or out in their news.

What we expect from the media are news about current and new events. We could hold them accountable by keeping up with current times.

The public responsibility towards issues brought up by the media are very low. A handful of people try to help but they get very little done.