The movie Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who sheltered over 1,000 Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. It depicts the horrific mass killings of Tutsis by Hutu extremists, while Paul risks his life to save as many Tutsis as he can at his hotel. Though a difficult watch, the film powerfully captures the tragedy of the genocide and highlights Paul's heroic efforts. It left the reviewer feeling both thrilled and heartbroken, while also conveying an important message about the international community's failure to intervene.
The movie Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who sheltered over 1,000 Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. It depicts the horrific mass killings of Tutsis by Hutu extremists, while Paul risks his life to save as many Tutsis as he can at his hotel. Though a difficult watch, the film powerfully captures the tragedy of the genocide and highlights Paul's heroic efforts. It left the reviewer feeling both thrilled and heartbroken, while also conveying an important message about the international community's failure to intervene.
The movie Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who sheltered over 1,000 Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. It depicts the horrific mass killings of Tutsis by Hutu extremists, while Paul risks his life to save as many Tutsis as he can at his hotel. Though a difficult watch, the film powerfully captures the tragedy of the genocide and highlights Paul's heroic efforts. It left the reviewer feeling both thrilled and heartbroken, while also conveying an important message about the international community's failure to intervene.
The movie Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who sheltered over 1,000 Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. It depicts the horrific mass killings of Tutsis by Hutu extremists, while Paul risks his life to save as many Tutsis as he can at his hotel. Though a difficult watch, the film powerfully captures the tragedy of the genocide and highlights Paul's heroic efforts. It left the reviewer feeling both thrilled and heartbroken, while also conveying an important message about the international community's failure to intervene.
Director: Terry George, Book Author: Immaculee Ilibagiza
Synopsis Review In the movie Hotel Over all I thoroughly Rwanda a Hutu man enjoyed the movie Ho- named Paul lives with tel Rwanda. It was his Tutsi wife and their thrilling and heart- children. Paul is the warming, but also very manager of a hotel and sad. Every minute of he and his family are the movie left me living peacefully until wanting to watch the Hutus are told to more. I was glad to see kill all Tutsi cockroach- Paul Rusesabagina es and they follow house all of the Tutsis those orders. During from being murdered. this genocide Paul was He saved many lives in able to house hundreds this movie. I believe of Tutsis and their fam- this movie captured the ilies in his hotel and main message of the save their lives. But, Rwandan genocide. outside the hotel was a The fact that thousands massacre. In the end the of people were being UN transfer the surviv- killed and for the long- ing Tutsis from the ho- est time and no other tel to refugee camps country was willing to where they are safe and help the Tutsis and can reconnect with sur- moderate Hutus. viving family members.
Connection The book Left to Tell and the movie Hotel Rwanda were similar because in both there were fam- ilies suffering and struggling to survive. In the text, Immaculee Ilibagiza and her family were try- ing to survive and in the movie Paul Rusesabagina and his family. In the movie Rusesabagina ends up crying a lot because he is afraid for his family Ilibagiza also mourns for her family and the deaths that have occurred. In the end of the text Ilibagiza survives the genocide with the help of the UN and the Tutsi rebel soldiers. Rusesabagina and his family also survive with the help of the UN and Tutsi rebel soldiers.
