2 Nov 2005
Director: Terry George
UK, Italy, South Africa
2004
121 min
11 years ago one of the worst atrocities in history occurred in Rwanda when almost 1 million Tutsis were killed in a period of ethnic cleansing by Hutu gangs. Despite being in a world of global communications and 24 hour news coverage, the massacre went on almost unnoticed in the West. Hotel Rwanda is the true story of Paul Rusesabagina’s efforts to save 1200 Tutsi refugees in his hotel against the backdrop of UN inaction and the massacre outside the hotel gates. A moving, eye-opening and sensitive account of the period with a terrific performance by Don Cheedle.