Hotel Rwanda Essay

Hotel Rwanda is a film directed by Terry George, released 2004, that is based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina; the manager of Mille Collines who during the Rwandan genocide, used his establishment to hide 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees. The film follows Paul, played by Don Cheadle, as his world is flipped upside overnight when Hutu militias started their mass genocide on the Tutsi Rwandans. He is able to protect his family, neighbors, and hundreds of other refugees and help them make it to safety. He and his wife Tatiana, played by Sophie Okonedo, and 3 children were able to make it to Tanzania and escape Rwanda along with their two nieces. The film is set during the Rwandan genocide or sometimes called the "Genocide against the…

In the film Hotel Rwanda, the media had a significant impact on the events that happened there. Radio was used by the reporters, and that had an impact on the events there as well. Also, reporters there faced the ethical dilemma of reporting all of the facts to the public while putting themselves in danger, or not telling the public the entire truth to keep themselves safe. I do not think that there is a way to balance these responsibilities. During the genocide in the country Rwanda,…

The movie Hotel Rwanda (2004) directed by Terry George is an accurate depiction of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Based on a true story, the film documents all the acts that a Hutu hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina, played by actor Don Cheadle, did to save both his family and a thousand Tutsi refugees. The setting takes place in the spring of 1994 where Hutu extremists mass murder the Tutsis. Paul Rusesabagina grants shelter to the refugees by having them reside in his hotel, Hotel des Mille…

Hotel Rwanda is a film based off actual events that occurred during the spring of 1994 in Rwanda. During that time, tensions were high between two groups, the Hutu and Tutsis. Out of hatred, resentment, and jealousy, the Hutu soldiers, called the Interahamwe, performed mass killings throughout the area. Their killings was geared toward the Tutsi civilians of Rwanda. During all this, Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of the Sabena and owner of a luxury hotel, Hôtel des Mille Collines, protected and…

Short Review on Hotel Rwanda The film Hotel Rwanda depicts the story of the war in Rwanda between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples, known as, the Rwandan genocide. Paul Rusesabagina, who plays as Don Cheadle, is a Hutu. He is the manager of Hotel des Mille Collines and lived with his wife Sophie Okonedo, whom was a Tutsi, and their three children. When the Hutu military forces started a campaign for ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi minority, Paul and his family watched neighbors get beaten and…

With tear filled eyes, I write about one of the worst genocides in African history. In Kigali, Rwanda, Spring of 1994 over eight-hundred thousand people were massacred in the streets surrounding the Milles Collines Hotel. This hotel ran by Paul Rusesabagina became shelter to 1,268 Tutsi and Hutu refugees. In December 2004, Terry George releases the film Hotel Rwanda which not only captivates its audience but revisits the mass murderers that the global community collectively turned a blind eye…

Personally when I think of a hotel, I think of a warm comfortable bed, a relaxing time, and maybe even a complimentary breakfast. Unfortunately that isn’t what happened in the film Hotel Rwanda, which is based on a true story. Throughout the film, the nation Uganda experienced a genocide. This occurred because the president was assassinated before he changed the nation’s monetary policy. Following the assassination, the the nation’s divided social groups began to murder one another. Throughout…

European imperialism was a prominent movement of colonial expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many European nations were interested in African countries because of their abundant natural resources. The expansion of Europe and the colonization of African nations lasted for almost a century until nearly all African nations were under European control. Imperialism had both negative and positive effects on African life. The film Hotel Rwanda depicts the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and…

“Why are people so cruel?” Dube asked Paul in the movie Hotel Rwanda, a movie based on a true story during the Rwandan genocide. This question was in response to the mass genocide that was currently taking place between the Tutsis and extremist Hutus. Dube was appalled at the actions of people and wondered how they could do such a thing. Hatred can be a source for a persons cruelty, it’s easier to be cruel to something you hate, than something you like. Cruelty can also derive from selfish needs…

From watching the thrilling movie Hotel Rwanda, I was able to understand more clearly the tragedy, horror, and frustration that went through all the victims or this catastrophe. Additionally, I was able to analyze how much nationalism was steaming of the Hutu population even before the genocide had even commenced. In fact, Paul who was completely against the violence of the Hutu militia had to conceal is true thought on the subject and go on living as if he were a radical Hutu. It only took one…