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The industry of trauma: can films about tragedy politicize audiences?(culture)(Critical Essay)
Shortly after 9/11, a transnational network of feminists issued a statement about the trauma of the event on the American psyche. They argued that there was a "culture industry of 'trauma'" which ascribed a certain meaning to the devastation suffered by Americans on that day. "By contrast," the statement said, "people who have lost loved ones as a consequence of United States foreign policy elsewhere are not depicted as sufferers of trauma or injustice. In fact, they are seldom seen on camera at all."
That's not exactly true anymore. This year, the sufferings of non-Western countries and people of color were not only on the big screen, but three of those ...
- `Hotel Rwanda,' `Sideways' win at IPA Awards.
- Newspaper article from: Zap2It.com January 25, 2005 700+ words
...LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) _ "Hotel Rwanda," "Sideways" and a surprise...Press Academy Awards Sunday. "Hotel Rwanda" won best drama, star Don Cheadle...Sideways," Joshua Marston for "Maria Full of Grace" and Bill Condon for...
- Check into `Hotel Rwanda' for poignant wake-up call.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schaefer, Stephen January 7, 2005 700+ words
Byline: STEPHEN SCHAEFER "Hotel Rwanda." Rated PG-13. At Kendall...s must-see performances, "Hotel Rwanda" stands as an uncommonly fine...it is this story that gives "Hotel Rwanda" its surprising power. The most...
- Rwanda, Hotel.(Hotel Rwanda)(Movie Review)
- Magazine article from: Cineaste Torchin, Leshu March 22, 2005 700+ words
...negotiates this difficult terrain in Hotel Rwanda, which dramatizes the 1994 Rwandan...over 1200 Tutsis and Hutu moderates. Hotel Rwanda focuses on the works of a good man who...comparison that, in some ways, holds. But Hotel Rwanda differs in some crucial ways. Schindler...
- `Hotel Rwanda' tells tale of heroism amid horror.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald January 9, 2005 700+ words
HOTEL RWANDA Rated PG-13 Four stars (out of four) The compelling, concise "Hotel Rwanda" is a triumph for both director Terry George...including his Tutsi wife and their children. "Hotel Rwanda" imparts information that is both historical...
- `Hotel Rwanda'.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 23, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Michael Wilmington In "Hotel Rwanda," Don Cheadle gives a phenomenal performance...Schindler's List." Yet, if "Hotel Rwanda" isn't moviemaking on that level...rises to the occasion along with him. "Hotel Rwanda" is not a striking film visually...
- CHEADLE TRIUMPHS AS REAL-LIFE RISK-TAKER OF 'HOTEL RWANDA'.(U)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) December 21, 2004 700+ words
...fight against horrific barbarity, ``Hotel Rwanda'' raises an impassioned cry of rage...to diminish the strong merits of ``Hotel Rwanda,'' which opens Wednesday, by saying...and ``The Boxer'' - and ``Hotel Rwanda'' possesses the same sense of humane...
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- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 14, 2005 700+ words
...Byline: Roger Moore ORLANDO, Fla. _ "Hotel Rwanda" 4 out of 5 stars MGM; 110 minutes...hotel manager Don Cheadle plays in "Hotel Rwanda," is a hero, not a saint. He's...that we see those wheels turning. "Hotel Rwanda" is a sermon on what the world allowed...
- Hotel Rwanda.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Bookwatch April 1, 2005 700+ words
Hotel Rwanda Terry George, Editor Newmarket Press 18 E. 48th St...certain death. His life story was captured in the film "Hotel Rwanda", and this movie companion, Hotel Rwanda: Bringing The True Story Of An African Hero To Film...
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