Anita Cox
CMC 350L- Paper 2 Outline
Introduction
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The topic of interest will be an analysis of Hollywood’s approach to the atrocities that have
taken place through war and dystopia in African countries.
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Looking at my first movie Tears of the Sun, I shall compare and contrast the difference and
similarities between this and the award winning Hotel Rwanda.
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Overlook the history of Nigerian and Rwanda’s Civil war.
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Tie in how my research from scholarly sources supports the argument.
Scenes
Tears of the sun- 43-53 minutes. The extraction of Lena Kendrick’s initial. She realizes that the West
does not care about the African people and she has been lied to.
Hotel Rwanda- 48:15- 56:57minutes. In this scene, the main quote noticed is “we think your dirt” by a
UN officers after they choose to only save foreign visitors of the country. He is also commenting on the
way in which the Western World treats the tension in African nations.
Cry Freetown- 12:00-16:46 This is the scene I choose from the documentary as he points out that the
civil war is too dangerous for the international press, meaning that they had to flee the country. He
comments that if Sierra Leone was not his country he would have left too. The Nigerian Soldiers are
seen to be peacekeepers, which is interesting because in Hollywood films, the peacekeepers are almost
always foreign and portrayed as saviors.
Body one
Prepare a comparative analysis between Tears of the sun and Hotel Rwanda as Hollywood films. The
main the way being similar approaches to the civil wars both countries have dealt with due to ethnic
tension.
Body two
Textual Analysis of Hotel Rwanda scene that has been selected .
Body Three
Introduce the third film- Cry Freetown. This being a documentary, I shall discuss the different approach
in comparison to the two Hollywood films.
Conclusion
Summary of the perceptions of Dystopia, and how they are portrayed through film. Looking into bias
and how this can be created if the Director feels a certain way about the matter.
Review of Literature
1.Urvin, Peter. Reading the Rwandan Genocide, International Studies Review, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Autumn,
2001), pp. 75-99”
2.Richards, Paul. African Studies Review Vol: 49 Issue: 1 ISSN: 0002-0206 Date: 2006 Pages: 119 – 123
3.UMAR, MUHAMMAD S. The Journal of African History Vol: 45 Issue: 2 ISSN: 0021-8537 Date: 07/2004
Pages: 348 - 350