Reporter

Hello All,

I have recently watched "The Reporter" in my International Mass Communications class at school.  The movie is about Nicholas Kristof, who is a Editorial/Opinion writer for the New York Times.  He has traveled all around the world going to countries that have been experiencing genocide, wars between rebel forces and wide spread disease.

This video was intense right from the get go, it started off with Kristof and his crew walking with some African people from a tribe in Africa.  The images that I saw were sad.  I didn't really know that people actually lived like that.  I have seen pictures and scenes from movies but I also thought that they made it seem worse than it actually was.  It really is not good in Africa, people have get their water from when it rains, they have no electricity and they only have the bare essentials from what I saw.

I think that the two people that went along with Kristof  received a reality check as they were traveling throughout Rwanda and Congo.  I don't think that they actually understood what was going on over there until they arrived in Congo and had to live there and deal with everything that those people went through everyday of their lives.  Watching Kristof go from village to village to find out about the wars and the sicknesses that were going on, I saw that he actually cares about these people and wants to get their story out to the world about what is going on in their village and to get people in the United States to have a better understanding of what they are going through.

I think that the part in the video that got to me the most was when Kristof and his crew went to talk to the warlord General Nkunda that was ruling the streets and towns in Congo at that time.  The two others that went with him didn't know what to expect while they were going to talk to the General Nkunda, they both looked scared while Kristof was speaking to his people.  Then when General Nkunda came out, they seemed to be scared for their lives which is totally understandable.  I was taken aback when the warlord showed and let Kristof and his crew talk to the Hutu captives that they had.  I didn't think that General Nkunda would be alright with Kristof asking questions and having the Hutu captives give their honest answers, it was just weird to me.

This video was a big eye opener to me though, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video.  It brought many emotions that needed to be brought to the people of the United States.  I would definitely recommend this video to anyone who wants to learn more about what is going on in Rwanda and Congo.