Movie Analysis: Hotel Rwanda

Having watched this movie in a high school history class, I immediately knew why it was an option to pick from. Even with the new information that I have learned so far in Peace and Conflict studies, I still found this movie hard to stomach. Although Hollywood portrays a more unrealistic heroic version of the historical events that took place, Hotel Rwanda stills shows the conflict between two groups in Africa. Hotel Rwanda centers around the war between the Hutu tribe and the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda, also known as the Rwandan Genocide. Belgium was a catalyst for the war as they segregated Rwanda and built up the power of the Tutsi, causing hatred from the Hutus. When Belgium left, the Hutus began to revolt against the Tutsi population. They specifically target children to wipe out any future generations of Tutsi people. Hundreds of thousands were killed over a 100 day time span. The movie, …show more content…
As the United Nation workers load the trucks with the families that got visas, Paul realizes how many he is about to leave unprotected and would most likely end up being killed by the Hutu militia. He stays behind, determined to protect the defenseless Hutu and Tutsi people taking refuge in the hotel. Unfortunately not all Hutu hotel workers are selfless as Paul. Gregoire blackmails Paul to get out of work at the beginning of the movie. Gregoire returns to work after Paul tells about his lack of work to the Rwandan Army General, Augustin Bizimungu. Gregoire seeks revenge on Paul when the United Nation comes to take the family who they obtained visa for. Gregoire reports to to the malitia of Paul 's action and the fleeing refugees. The attempted evacuation of the refugees is met by the Hutu militia and is forced to return to the hotel. Gregoire met his needs for survival by informing the Hutus of Paul 's