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Hotel Rwanda
Interview: Terry George, Director of Hotel Rwanda
Interview: Terry George, Director of Hotel Rwanda
In anticipation of Reel 13’s April 4th broadcast of Hotel Rwanda, Richard Peña, program director of the Film Society at Lincoln Center, sat down with the film’s director, Terry George. In this interview, George discusses the making of Hotel Rwanda, the film’s impact on relief efforts in Africa, and what he’s working on now.
Dear Mr George, Many, people told you how much the film moved them! Why weren’t we reading about this in ALL the papers? I use to have a lot of respect for the NY Times. I feel that many are getting lazy! They have a computer to do most of the real work. It makes me sick to turn on the news and, all you hear who, is heavy are they having a baby That BULL! Don Cheldle WELL DONE! THANK YOU. PS Forgive my spelling
Thank you for making me sick with your movie and then slapping me in the face with your interview. It motivated me to stop my ignorance and complacency and actually get mad that I allowed this atrocity to happen when it could have been stopped and find out why we are letting this continue today in Darfur (a place where I had no idea where it was until last night).
I staid up most of the night researching and blogging about Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. I hope my rush of interest and unrest was not due to lack of sleep and remains top of mind. I already know that unless I pursue more information, the mass media will make sure I forget.
Again, thank you for waking me up as I was falling asleep.
You would think that with all the people seeing this wonderful film that the world would have risen up and stopped the genocide that still exists in some African countries. I suspect that most people looked at it as a period piece - something that has already happened. Yes, they felt badly, but I doubt many of the film goers connected the dots to the continuing genocide, including the Gay genocide in Uganda.
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