• Director: Terry George
  • Release Year: 2004
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States, Italy, South Africa
  • Language: English, French

Hotel Rwanda

Description

As Hutu extremists hunt down and brutally murder their Tutsi neighbors, Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu whose own marriage crosses ethnic lines, finds himself responsible for hundreds of Tutsi and other refugees, forcing him to step up as the central player in a desperate struggle to save lives in the midst of madness and carnage.

Themes

Rwandan Civil War (1990 – 1994), Rwandan Genocide (1994), Hutu, Tutsi, Paul Rusesabagina (b. 1955), Colonialism, Post-colonial identity, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Mass murder, War crimes, Refugees, United Nations (UN), Decolonization, Imperialism, Ethnic tensions, Race relations