“Sometimes In April” Movie Summary
2-3 page summary
Please complete the assignment regarding the showing of the movie “Sometimes in April.”
You are to write a 2-3 page summary of the film as you consider the following questions:
1. Who are the major ethnic groups in the conflict?
2. How did the conflict start? What is the history behind the conflict?
3. Could the conflict have been prevented? How so?
4. Was intervention necessary?
5. Based on the dynamics of the international system as you understand it and consideration of the “R2P” theory, do you agree that the “world” has a responsibility to intervene? Why or why not? Be sure to defend your position with facts and theoretical context.
Answer preview
Sometimes in April” is a film that narrates the Rwanda genocide that took place in 1994. Over 800,000 people were killed in the process in about one hundred days. Rwanda is a small country in the east of Africa that recently became a republic and border Tanzania, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda. In 2015, it was estimated that the population in Rwanda is approximately 11, 261,564. The 1994…
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