Hotel Rwanda

Year

2004

Duration

121 minutes

Genres

Biopics

Language

English

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Hotel Rwanda is the true story of Paul Rusesabagina - a man who put his own life on the line to save over a thousand refugees who faced certain death at the hands of their own countrymen in a tribal civil war in the African state of Rwanda in 1994. With over a million people slaughtered in only three months, Rusesabagina - the manager of a luxury hotel - opened his doors to anyone who came seeking help. Amid the chaos, he tried to get word out to the outside world of the atrocities that were taking place.

Director/s

Terry George

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This film has a couple of uses of strong bad language and images of war

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Duration

Genres

Language

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Director/s

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Classification

Resources To Use With This Film

A United Kingdom: Film Guide

Black History Month, 1 Oct - 1 Nov

Black Star strand resource

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Half of a Yellow Sun: Film Guide

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development, 21 May

Hotel Rwanda: Film Guide

World Humanitarian Day, 19 Aug

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