Preliminary Questions
- Who are the main personalities in this documentary?
- What perspectives do they provide about humanitarian crisis and intervention?
- What biases may these personalities be harboring?
- Might their biases skew the depiction of what occurred?
Content Questions
- Who are the political actors in this story, and what roles do they play?
- What does Dr. Orbinski say about what humanitarian intervention is and what it has become?
- Politics is the exercise of power. In what ways does Dr. Orbinski exercise power?
Analysis Questions
- What is the role of the military in these humanitarian crises?
- What is Dr. Orbinski's position on the military role in humanitarian intervention?
- In what ways is military intervention problematic during humanitarian crises?
- What questions does this documentary raise for you?
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