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Bushnell's Superior:
[At Bushnell's office, immediately after the genocide begins]
I'm telling you, we don't want another Mogadishu. We don't want our boys dragged naked in the streets. The public won't have it, the Pentagon won't have it, the president won't have it...! Prudence Bushnell:
[Urgent]
Sir, we're only 48 hours into this and we already have reports of over 10,000 women and children already killed! And they're not just killing Tutsis, they're targeting moderate Hutus. Bushnell's Superior:
Prudence, what is our vital interest in Rwanda? Prudence Bushnell:
If there's a crisis, it could destabilize the entire region. [to coworker] Prudence Bushnell:
May I...? Bushnell's Superior:
[Muttering]
I appreciate the human tragedy. Prudence Bushnell:
[Pointing to a paragraph in a C.I.A. report]
Here! If the killing in Rwanda starts, the best case scenario estimates 20,000 dead; the worst case scenario could exceed 500,000. That's the January 25th, 1994, C.I.A. report. That's just nine weeks ago, Sir. Bushnell's Superior:
[Annoyed]
I don't want to talk about any C.I.A. report again
[At Bushnell's office, immediately after the genocide begins]
I'm telling you, we don't want another Mogadishu. We don't want our boys dragged naked in the streets. The public won't have it, the Pentagon won't have it, the president won't have it...! Prudence Bushnell:
[Urgent]
Sir, we're only 48 hours into this and we already have reports of over 10,000 women and children already killed! And they're not just killing Tutsis, they're targeting moderate Hutus. Bushnell's Superior:
Prudence, what is our vital interest in Rwanda? Prudence Bushnell:
If there's a crisis, it could destabilize the entire region. [to coworker] Prudence Bushnell:
May I...? Bushnell's Superior:
[Muttering]
I appreciate the human tragedy. Prudence Bushnell:
[Pointing to a paragraph in a C.I.A. report]
Here! If the killing in Rwanda starts, the best case scenario estimates 20,000 dead; the worst case scenario could exceed 500,000. That's the January 25th, 1994, C.I.A. report. That's just nine weeks ago, Sir. Bushnell's Superior:
[Annoyed]
I don't want to talk about any C.I.A. report again
Full Transcript
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WE MUST PRAY.
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WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER MOGADISHU.
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WE DON'T WANT OUR BOYS
DRAGGED NAKED IN THE STREETS.
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CONGRESS WON'T HAVE IT.
THE PENTAGON WON'T HAVE IT.
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- THE PRESIDENT WON'T...
- SIR, WE'RE ONLY 48 HOURS INTO THIS
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AND WE ALREADY HAVE REPORTS OF OVER
10,000 WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALREADY KILLED.
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THEY'RE NOT JUST KILLING TUTSIS,
THEY'RE TARGETING MODERATE HUTUS.
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PRUDENCE, WHAT IS OUR
VITAL INTEREST IN RWANDA?
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IF THERE IS A CRISIS, IT COULD
DESTABILIZE THE ENTIRE REGION.
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MAY I?
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I APPRECIATE
THE HUMAN TRAGEDY.
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HERE. IF THE KILLING
IN RWANDA STARTS
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THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO
ESTIMATES 20,000 DEAD.
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THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO
COULD EXCEED 500,000.
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IT'S JANUARY 25th, 1994
C.I.A. REPORT.
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THAT'S JUST NINE
WEEKS AGO, SIR.
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I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
ANY C.I.A. REPORT AGAIN.
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SINCE THE CRASH
OF THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE
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THE SITUATION IN RWANDA HAS
VERY QUICKLY BECOME UNSTABLE.
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I JUST SPOKE
WITH THE AMBASSADOR,
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AND HE REPORTS
THAT THE FIGHTING
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IS LARGELY BETWEEN
THE RWANDAN MILITARY FORCES
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AND THE RWANDAN
PATRIOTIC FRONT.
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HAVE ANY AMERICANS BEEN HURT
OR ARE THEY BEING TARGETED?
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NO, AMERICANS ARE NOT
BEING TARGETED AT THIS TIME.
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AND CLEARLY, WE ARE
VERY CONCERNED
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WITH THE APPROXIMATELY 255
AMERICANS THAT ARE IN THE REGION.
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WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY? THE BELGIANS, THE FRENCH?
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- HOW MANY COULD YOU GET OUT?
- LET ME PUT THIS IN CONTEXT.
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THERE IS FIGHTING
AND THERE IS CHAOS.
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THERE IS NO DATE.
THERE'S NO TIME.
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WE ARE LOOKING INTO ENSURING THE
SAFETY OF ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS.
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ARE YOU SATISFIED
WITH THE PROTECTION
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THE RWANDAN MILITARY IS GIVING
TO THE U.S. CITIZENS?
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AGAIN, THE RWANDAN MILITARY FORCES
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF FIREFIGHTS
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WITH THE RWANDAN
PATRIOTIC FRONT OR THE R.P.F.
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IT IS NOT HIGH ON THEIR
LIST OF PRIORITIES
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TO TAKE CARE OF THE AMERICAN
CITIZENS AT THIS POINT.
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THE REBEL FORCES,
ARE THEY "TUTU" OR "HUTSI"?
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- HUTU AND TUTSI.
- WHICH ONES ARE THE GOOD GUYS?
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Movie Summary
When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people.
Actors
Prudence Bushnell
