Many film scholars and critics observe that in the post-apartheid era, Hollywood’s portrayal of Africa and Africans generally miss the mark, foregoing opportunities to teach us profound truths about the African continent and its people — all for the sake of popularity and profit. Joyce Ashuntantang is a professional actress and assistant professor of English/Literature at Hillyer College-University of Hartford. Ashuntantang looks at how the film Hotel Rwanda ignored complexity and context in dealing with the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. [Originally broadcast on WBEZ91.5 Chicago]
