"Hotel Rwanda" and "A Portait of a Woman"
Mercy and Justice Shall Meet.
In class, we watched two films and watched a presentation on the
topics of Mercy and Justice. In these movies, we saw everything from sexism and
abuse, to genocide, aids, more spousal abuse, and the extinction of a people
from their home land.
The first movie, "Portrait of a Woman", displayed the difficulties and
even dangers of being a woman in the past. The movie told the stories of such
woman as Hariet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Rosa Parks. Every woman in
the movie was forced to deal with hardships every day of their life. Woman back
then were seen as property and not as people. Therefore, there was a great deal
of spousal abuse, which was seen as ok because it was even a law in most lands.
They could not stick up for themselves because they thought it was custom also.
English: Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin ...
Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern. Deutsch: ...
Hotel RwandaAfter seeing this movie, I was surprised and even somewhat saddened at what I
saw. It made we think twice because before, I never gave it the thought it
deserved because I just had figured that it was the custom of the times. Now,
after seeing the movie, I think that it's sad because no one was able to step up
for most common women back then. However, it was good to see such women as Rosa
Parks step up for black people back then because she paved the way for such
leaders as Martin Luther King, Jr. After seeing the movie, it made me think
about a woman's life in the early years, and I now appreciate all those women
who were in the movie.
The next movie, "Hotel Rwanda", portrays people living in Rwanda,
Africa that...