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Borrowed By: Daniel Centeno
Borrowed On: 2020-02-06
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Director: | Terry George |
Studio: | United Artists |
Producer: | Sam Bhembe, Roberto Cicutto, Izidore Codron, Sally French |
Writer: | Keir Pearson, Terry George |
Rating: | 6 |
Rated: | PG-13 |
Date Added: | 2019-01-16 |
UPC: | 5017239193149 |
Price: | $26.98 |
Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 29 nominations |
Genre: | Drama |
Release: | 2005-02-04 |
IMDb: | 0395169 |
Duration: | 121 |
Picture Format: | Widescreen |
Aspect Ratio: | 2.35 : 1 |
Sound: | DTS |
Languages: | English, French |
Subtitles: | English |
Features: | "A Message for Peace: Making Hotel Rwanda" documentary Commentary by director Terry George and the real-life subject of the film, Paul Rusesabagina Select commentary by musician Wyclef Jean |
LAC code: | 4000101251 |
DVD or VHS: | DVD |
Original: | original |
Summary: 1994. 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. Despite the Belgians having placed the Tutsis in a higher position during the Belgian rule, they have placed the majority Hutus in power after independence. Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu married to a Tutsi, Tatiana Rusesabagina, is the House Manager of the Hotel Des Milles Collines in Kigali. The Milles Collines, owned by Sabena (the national airline of Belgium), is a four-star hotel catering primarily to wealthy white westerners. Paul, who knows how to work the system to run the hotel effectively for its guests and for Sabena, is proud that most of the Caucasians who he meets in this professional capacity treat him with respect. After a specific incident, the relative calm between the Tutsi guerrillas and government-backed Hutu militia takes a turn. Paul's thought that the native ...
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