100 Days

This film reminded me of the message that Hotel Rwanda portrayed, and how it depicted the Rwandan Genocide. Though 100 Days focuses on a different aspect on the horrific Rwandan Genocide. 100 Days begins with a young couple showing how much love they have for each other. We see here in the first scenes how everything is happy and peaceful; there is no suggestion of the horrible acts that are to follow. We then see another couple but they are not expressing their love to one another but we see two men expressing their hatred for another group of people and how they plan to eliminate them. This film is frightful as all the other films that have made to depict the Rwandan Genocide. I can’t understand why these people had to be killed; there is no real reason for the mass murder of any people. This film shows us how the Hutus have suffered and how they finally decide that enough is enough. Nick Hughes portrays the actions of not only the Hutus but of the Tutsis as well. He also follows a family and the problems this family encounters and suffers throughout the Rwandan Genocide. This film personalizes the genocide and it provides us with a detailed look at what happened. What I enjoyed most about the film was the cinematography, the scenes were very real like, and it almost felt like a documentary. My favorite shot was where the Belgian soldiers were asked to leave and as a result they allow the Hutus to kill the Tutsis. The soldiers were put there to protect the Tutsis but they abandoned that order due to their repulsion with what the system they were a part of.