Hotel Rwanda

Over the last couple of weeks in religion, we were watching "Hotel Rwanda", a movie about the Rwandan Genocide, which was the conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes. The UN tried to intervene but they to be honest, they didnt do very much. This all took place in 1994. The movie follows a man, Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, who takes in over a thousand Hutu and Tutsi people, sheltering them from the rebels who were killing millions in the outside world. He protected these people by keeping them in his Hotel "Milles Collins Hotel" in Kigali.
The movie shows the horrors of the Rwandan Genocide, and the bravery and kindness of Paul Rusesabagina.
Millions Tutsi and even Hutu people were killed during this tragic time and its crazy to think it was very recent. Only 16 years ago.
It was interesting to compare the other movie we watched, "Sometimes In April" with "Hotel Rwanda." I found that it was much easier to understand Hotel Rwanda after seeing Sometimes In April, as we already knew what was going on. I thought that Hotel Rwanda was easier to watch as it wasnt as violent as Sometimes In April. While watching Hotel Rwanda, you didnt see the people being shot like in Sometimes In April, but you got the jist that millions were being massacred.
I found Hotel Rwanda was an extremely good movie as it showed a happy ending for most of the remaining Hutu's and Tutsi's. Sometimes In April wasnt happy in the end, as Augstin's wife had died, but there was still hope for him and Martine. I really enjoyed both movies, and was shocked to see that people just sat back and let the Rwandan Genocide happen.