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... Tatiana Rusesabagina
Hotel Rwanda tackles one of the most dreadfully ugly events in recent history. I believe that this conflict in the 90’s marked one of the bloodiest chapters in African History. Based on a true story, director Terry George’s war-time drama is set in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigah during 1994 civil genocide. Rwanda erupted with genocidal rage after the country’s Hutu president was assassinated. The Hutus blamed the murder on the hated Tutsi minority and took up firearms and murdered many of their Tutsi neighbors. The political situation was about to explode. Two ethnic groups, the Tutsis and the Hutus had been turned against each other by the white Belgian settlers, who literally measured skin tone and nose width to elevate the Tutsis to preferred positions. In a few months, more than one million Tutsi men, women and children were harshly murdered while United Nations peacekeepers stood by, powerless to step in and help them. When the Hutu (the largest of the three ethnic groups in Rwanda) majority starts massacring the Tutsi (one of three native peoples of the nations in Rwanda) population, Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle, the Hutu manager of a luxury hotel goes out of his way to save the Tutsi people because his wife is one of them. Rusesabagina is a Hutus and a very successful businessman who makes powerful connections throughout the movie to protect the lives of his loved ones. His position enables him to meet wealthy and powerful people, such as General Bizimungu who later became notorious in leading the genocide of Tutsis. It was arduous for Paul Rusesabagina to help the Tutsi that were being harassed and beaten frequently because the Americans and European governments quickly removed their own people, leaving the threatened Tutsis to fend for themselves. Paul provided shelter for these people in his hotel and did what it took for him to keep them protected from the chaos that was going on outside the hotel’s
... Tatiana Rusesabagina
Hotel Rwanda tackles one of the most dreadfully ugly events in recent history. I believe that this conflict in the 90’s marked one of the bloodiest chapters in African History. Based on a true story, director Terry George’s war-time drama is set in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigah during 1994 civil genocide. Rwanda erupted with genocidal rage after the country’s Hutu president was assassinated. The Hutus blamed the murder on the hated Tutsi minority and took up firearms and murdered many of their Tutsi neighbors. The political situation was about to explode. Two ethnic groups, the Tutsis and the Hutus had been turned against each other by the white Belgian settlers, who literally measured skin tone and nose width to elevate the Tutsis to preferred positions. In a few months, more than one million Tutsi men, women and children were harshly murdered while United Nations peacekeepers stood by, powerless to step in and help them. When the Hutu (the largest of the three ethnic groups in Rwanda) majority starts massacring the Tutsi (one of three native peoples of the nations in Rwanda) population, Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle, the Hutu manager of a luxury hotel goes out of his way to save the Tutsi people because his wife is one of them. Rusesabagina is a Hutus and a very successful businessman who makes powerful connections throughout the movie to protect the lives of his loved ones. His position enables him to meet wealthy and powerful people, such as General Bizimungu who later became notorious in leading the genocide of Tutsis. It was arduous for Paul Rusesabagina to help the Tutsi that were being harassed and beaten frequently because the Americans and European governments quickly removed their own people, leaving the threatened Tutsis to fend for themselves. Paul provided shelter for these people in his hotel and did what it took for him to keep them protected from the chaos that was going on outside the hotel’s