Hotel Rwanda Themes

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 historical drama directed by Terry George. The movie, which covers the 1994 Rwandan genocide, stars Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, and Joaquin Phoenix. It was nominated for three Oscar awards and also won the Toronto and Berlin Film Fests. The film which encompasses the political and civil unrest, violence, corruption and the atrocious genocide, was co-produced by United Artists and Lion Gate Films. The movie is based on a true story.

Hotel Rwanda tells the dismal tale of the highly infamous Rwandan genocide in a different light. It showcases the unheard perspective of the brutal and tortuorous atrocities by the vision of Paul Rusesabagina (played by Don Cheadle), the house manager of the luxurious hotel, Des Mille Collines. The epic saga of how he saved the lives of over a thousand refugees by housing them in the hotel and a bird’s eye view into the massacre forms the totality of the story. The Rwandan Genocide that occured in 1994 is perhaps one of the most well known genocides of all time. The genocide arised between the two tribal groups of the country - the indigenous Hutus and the cattle-gathering Tutsis. When

A man of style, he wishes to integrate himself with the powerful sections of the society like the army and the Whites. He is a great negotiator and as mentioned in the movie, “the smartest one here”. Paul is a Hutu but his wife, Tatsiana is a Tutsi. But the dreadful incidents that occur in 1994 leave him a changed man who is willing to sacrifice his own life to protect others who were conveniently abandoned by the society he wished to be a part. The how and why form the remainder of the story. Hotel Rwanda unlike the may movies made on this subject is not simply a story of the massacre, it is the story of a man who saved 1268 people. The movie is popularly called the African Schindler’s