The Overwhelming

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The Overwhelming is a political drama play by J.T. Rogers that follows an American academic and his family caught in the escalating violence of pre-genocide Rwanda in 1994.

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instanceOf play
theatrical work
chronologyRelativeToEvent set shortly before the 1994 Rwandan genocide
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator J. T. Rogers NERFINISHED
depicts escalation toward mass violence
pre-genocide tensions in Rwanda
dramaticForm full-length play
genre political drama
hasAuthor J. T. Rogers NERFINISHED
hasTheme Western intervention in Africa
family under political crisis
moral ambiguity
language English
mainCharacter American academic
American academic’s family
narrativeFocus escalating violence in pre-genocide Rwanda
originalLanguage English
settingPlace Kigali NERFINISHED
Rwanda NERFINISHED
settingTime 1994
subjectMatter American foreign policy
Rwandan genocide NERFINISHED
ethnic conflict
international community’s response to genocide
moral responsibility
political violence
writer J. T. Rogers NERFINISHED

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J.T. Rogers notableWork The Overwhelming
J.T. Rogers wrote The Overwhelming