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.
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| chronologyRelativeToEvent | set shortly before the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | J. T. Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
escalation toward mass violence
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pre-genocide tensions in Rwanda ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | full-length play ⓘ |
| genre | political drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | J. T. Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Western intervention in Africa
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family under political crisis ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
American academic
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American academic’s family ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | escalating violence in pre-genocide Rwanda ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Kigali
NERFINISHED
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Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1994 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American foreign policy
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Rwandan genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ ethnic conflict ⓘ international community’s response to genocide ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
| writer | J. T. Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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