The Rwandan Genocide in the Film, Hotel Rwanda The film “Hotel Rwanda” tells the story of Paul Rusesabagina and his family, and how his actions saved over a thousand refugees during the Rwanan genocide. During the early 90’s, tensions between Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups in Rwanda are rising. Crisis seems to be.
Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. In Rwanda, the classification of the native population into Hutus and Tutsis, arbitrarily done by the colonial Belgians, is now ingrained within Rwandan mentality despite the Rwandan independence.
Analysis Of The Documentary ' Hotel Rwanda ' - In the documentary film, “Hotel Rwanda,” almost all parts of “Common article 3” were violated in the conflict between the Hutu majority and the Tutsis. The first provision of the article states that no one directly involved in the conflict should be treated inhumanely based on race, colour.
Hotel Rwanda is a powerful and moving film about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Terry George could have chosen to make a documentary about what happened but instead he focused on the story of Paul Rusesabagina, manager at the Belgian-owned Mille Collines hotel in the capital, Kigali. Paul risked his own life and that of his family to shelter Tutsi.