Thursday, December 4, 2008

Hotel Rwanda


I just got done watching Hotel Rwanda again.I watch it over and over because it is a good movie and it happened as a true story. Hotel Rwanda is directed by Terry George. and it was released on February 4 2005 the starring character are Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle), Dube (Desmond Dube), Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolten), Tatiana Rusesabagina ( Sophie Okanedo) and more other characters. Paul is a Hutu hotel manager who took care of both Hutu's and Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.Paul and his family observe neighbors being dragged from their homes and openly beaten in the streets. Paul favor with people of influence, bribing them with money and alcohol, seeking to maintain sufficient influence to keep his family safe.The UN Peacekeeping forces, led by Colonel Oliver are unable to take action against the Hutu militia, since they are forbidden to intervene in the genocide. When they try to escape they get ambushed and turned back. When Paul runs out of options he speaks to the Rwandan Army General, Augustin Bizimungu (Fana Mokoena) and when he doesn't have any thing to bribe him with, he blackmails him with threats of being tried as a war criminal. The family and the hotel refugees finally leave the hotel in a UN convoy, and they travel through retreating masses of refugees and militia to reach safety behind Tutsi rebel lines. Now Paul and Wifes and Kids are safe and they all live in Beligum.