Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terry George
Written by	Keir Pearson Terry George
Based on	True story about the incident
Produced by	Terry George A. Kitman Ho
Starring	Don Cheadle Sophie Okonedo Joaquin Phoenix Nick Nolte
Cinematography	Robert Fraisse
Edited by	Naomi Geraghty
Music by	Afro Celt Sound System Rupert Gregson-Williams Andrea Guerra
Production companies	United Artists Lions Gate Films Miracle Pictures Seamus The Industrial Development Corporation Inside Track Endgame Entertainment
Distributed by	MGM Distribution Co. (United States and Canada) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Mikado Film (Italy) Lions Gate Films (International)
Release dates	11 September 2004 (2004-09-11) (TIFF) 22 December 2004 (2004-12-22) (United States) 11 March 2005 (2005-03-11) (Italy)
Running time	121 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom South Africa Italy
Languages	English French Kinyarwanda
Budget	$17.5 million
Box office	$33.9 million

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 docudrama film co-written and directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay by George and Keir Pearson, and stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana. Based on the Rwandan genocide, which occurred during the spring of 1994, the film documents Rusesabagina's efforts to save the lives of his family and more than 1,000 other refugees by providing them with shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines. Hotel Rwanda explores genocide, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.

The film was a co-production between United Artists and Lions Gate Films, and was commercially distributed by United Artists theatrically and by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for home media. Hotel Rwanda premiered in theaters in limited release in the United States on 22 December 2004 and in wide release on 4 February 2005, grossing more than $23 million in domestic ticket sales. It earned an additional $10 million in business through international release to top out at a combined total of nearly $34 million in gross revenue.

The film was nominated for multiple awards, including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Cheadle), Best Supporting Actress (Okonedo), and Best Original Screenplay.

Plot

In April 1994, tensions between the Hutu-controlled government and Tutsi rebels led to genocide in Rwanda, where corruption and bribes between politicians were routine. Paul Rusesabagina, manager of the Belgian-owned Hôtel des Mille Collines, is Hutu, but his wife Tatiana is Tutsi. Their marriage is a source of friction with Hutu extremists, including Georges Rutaganda, a goods supplier to the hotel who is also the local leader of Interahamwe, a brutal Hutu militia. Paul curries favor with Rwandan Army general Augustin Bizimungu, who favors the Hutu. Following the assassination of the president, a Hutu, Paul and his family observe neighbors being killed, initiating the early stages of the genocide. When civil war erupts and a Rwandan Army Captain threatens Paul and his neighbors, Paul barely negotiates their safety and brings them to the hotel. Upon returning with them, he finds his insolent receptionist Gregoire occupying the presidential suite and threatening to expose the Tutsi refugees, including Paul's wife, if he is made to work.

The UN peacekeeping forces, led by Canadian Colonel Oliver, are forbidden to intervene in the conflict and prevent the genocide. Paul's boss and owner of the hotel, who lives in Belgium, apologizes to him over the phone, saying there's nothing he can do to provide safe passage for him and his family. The foreign nationals are evacuated, but the Rwandans are left behind to fend for themselves. More evacuees arrive at the hotel from the overburdened United Nations refugee camp, the Red Cross, and various orphanages, totaling 800, both Tutsi and Hutu. Tatiana desperately searches for her brother, sister-in-law, and two nieces. As the situation becomes more violent, Paul must divert the Hutu soldiers, care for the refugees, protect his family, and maintain the appearance of a functioning 4-star hotel. Paul forces Gregoire to work with the help of General Bizimungu.

Low on supplies, Paul and Gregoire drive to collect hotel supplies from Georges Rutaganda and witness the Interahamwe militia raping Tutsi hostages. Georges explains to Paul that the "rich cockroaches" money will become worthless since all of the Tutsis will be killed. Paul expresses disbelief that the Hutu extremists will wipe out all of the Tutsis, but Georges replies: "Why not? We are halfway there already." They return to the hotel through the dark, thick fog, on the riverside road recommended by Georges, only to find it is carpeted with dead bodies.

When the UN forces attempt to evacuate a group of refugees, including Paul's family, Gregoire betrays them to the Interahamwe, who use radio broadcasts to accost them. After giving General Bizimungu the remaining valuables and Scotch from his office safe to protect the refugees, Paul then admonishes Bizimungu for genocide apathy and promises to testify on his behalf for his help. Soon afterward, Paul's family and the hotel refugees are finally able to leave the besieged hotel in a UN convoy. They travel through retreating masses of refugees and militia to reach safety behind Tutsi rebel lines and are reunited with their nieces.

The end title cards explain that Paul saved at least 1,200 Tutsi and Hutu refugees. He and his family, who adopted the two nieces, moved to Belgium, but Tatiana's brother Thomas and his wife were never found. The genocide came to an end in July 1994 when the Tutsi rebels drove the Hutu and the Interahamwe militia across the border into the Congo. At least 800,000 people died in the genocide. Georges and Bizimungu were tried and sentenced for war crimes, with Georges receiving a life sentence.

Cast

Actor Don Cheadle (L) portrayed Rwandan hotelier Paul Rusesabagina (R)

• Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina
• Sophie Okonedo as Tatiana Rusesabagina
• Nick Nolte as Colonel Oliver, loosely based on General Roméo Dallaire
• Joaquin Phoenix as Jack Daglish, loosely based on peacekeeper Stefan Steć
• Desmond Dube as Dube
• David O'Hara as Dave Flemming
• Cara Seymour as Pat Archer
• Fana Mokoena as General Augustin Bizimungu
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Georges Rutaganda
• Tony Kgoroge as Gregoire
• Mosa Kaiser as Elys Rusesabagina
• Mathabo Pieterson as Diane Rusesabagina
• Ofentse Modiselle as Roger Rusesabagina
• Antonio Lyons as Thomas Mirama
• Leleti Khumalo as Fedens Mirama
• Kegomotso Seitshohlo as Anais Mirama
• Lerato Mokgotho as Carine Mirama
• Mduduzi Mabaso as a Hutu lieutenant
• Jean Reno as Mr. Tillens (uncredited)
• Eugene Wanangwa Khumbanyiwa as Hotel Staff (uncredited)

Production and historical accuracy

In 1999, Rusesabagina received a phone call from an American screenwriter named Keir Pearson. Pearson, along with his colleague Terry George, went on to write the script for Hotel Rwanda in consultation with Rusesabagina. The script was made into a Hollywood film, starring Don Cheadle as Rusesabagina. The film was released in 2004 to much critical acclaim. It received three Academy Award nominations, including for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor for Don Cheadle's portrayal of Rusesabagina. Sharing his thoughts about the lack of international intervention during the crisis, director Terry George commented, "It's simple ... African lives are not seen as valuable as the lives of Europeans or Americans."

Rusesabagina has since come under criticism from some survivors of the Genocide. In 2008, the book Hotel Rwanda, or, the Tutsi Genocide as seen by Hollywood by Alfred Ndahiro, who was a former advisor to Paul Kagame, and journalist Privat Rutazibwa, was published. The authors conducted interviews with 74 people who had stayed in the Hotel during the Genocide. Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story … And Why it Matters Today, co-written by Hotel des Mille Collines Survivor Edouard Kayihura and American author Kerry Zukus, was published in 2011.

The books include allegations that during the Genocide, Rusesabagina extorted money from hotel guests for rooms and food. It was also reported that the UN headquarters in Kigali received information that Rusesabagina had provided a Rwandan army commander with a list of hotel guests and their room numbers. UN observers managed to change the room numbers of those most threatened. The character of the Canadian Colonel is based on Senator Roméo Dallaire, now retired Lieutenant-General from the Canadian Armed Forces. Dallaire was not pleased with the film's portrayal of the events that he witnessed, arguing he and his men did far more to help survivors. He recounted his own experiences in his biography, Shake Hands with the Devil. The book was later adapted into two feature films; a documentary, and a 2007 dramatic motion picture.

In response to critics, Odette Nyiramilimo, a prominent survivor who became a senator in the new government, pushed back against Paul Ruseabagina's suspected bad-faith intentions, saying: "I never saw him threaten to expel people from the hotel if they didn’t pay up — never."

George stated that it was important to craft the film for a mass-market audience, using the question of whether the film is "going to play in Peoria? Will it be understood? Is it mainstream enough?"

Filming

Principal filming was shot on location in Kigali, Rwanda, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Paul Rusesabagina was consulted during the writing of the film. Although the character of Colonel Oliver played by Nolte is fictional in nature, the role was inspired by the UN force commander for UNAMIR, Roméo Dallaire. Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, then-Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana, and Rwandan Patriotic Front leader (now president) Paul Kagame appear in archive television footage in the film.

The producers of the film partnered with the United Nations Foundation to create the International Fund for Rwanda, which supported United Nations Development Programme initiatives assisting Rwandan survivors. "The goal of the film is not only to engage audiences in this story of genocide but also to inspire them to help redress the terrible devastation," said George.

Soundtrack

The original motion picture soundtrack for Hotel Rwanda was released by the Commotion label on 11 January 2005. It features songs written by Wyclef Jean, Deborah Cox, and others. The music for the film was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams, Andrea Guerra, and the Afro Celt Sound System, while being edited by Michael Connell.

External audio
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Million Voices (2005) – Played throughout the movie and the credits.
Umqombothi – Played in the introduction of the movie

Hotel Rwanda: Music from the Film
Film score by Afro Celt Sound System and Rupert Gregson-Williams
Released	1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)
Length	49:25
Label	Commotion

Hotel Rwanda: Music from the Film

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mama Ararira Pt. 1/Mama Ararira We!, Pt. 2"	3:41
2.	"Mwali We!"	1:09
3.	"Million Voices"	4:23
4.	"Interahamwe Attack"	2:48
5.	"Nobody Cares"	4:12
6.	"Umqombothi (African Beer)"	4:53
7.	"The Road to Exile"	4:47
8.	"Whispered Song"	3:06
9.	"Finale"	3:02
10.	"Ambush"	2:49
11.	"Ne Me Laisse Pas Seule Ici"	3:33
12.	"Mwari Sigaramahoro"	2:22
13.	"Olugendo Lw'e Bulaya"	5:54
14.	"Children Found"	1:57
15.	"Icyibo"	0:49
Total length:		49:25

Marketing

Novel

Hotelier Paul Rusesabagina's experience encouraged director George to produce the film. A paperback novel published by Newmarket Press, titled Hotel Rwanda: Bringing the True Story of an African Hero to Film, released on 7 February 2005, dramatizes the events of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, as depicted in the film, and expands on the ideas of how Rusesabagina sheltered and saved more than 1,200 people in the hotel he managed in Kigali by summarizing three years of research, articles that chronicle the historical events, and the ensuing aftermath. A brief history and timeline, the making of the film, and the complete screenplay written by Keir Pearson and Terry George are covered in thorough detail.

Release

Home media

Following its cinematic release in theaters, the film was released in VHS video format on 12 April 2005, marking the final United Artists film released on the format. The Region 1 Code widescreen edition of the film was also released on DVD in the United States on 12 April 2005. Special features for the DVD include; "A Message for Peace: Making Hotel Rwanda" documentary, "Return to Rwanda" documentary, Selected scenes commentary by Don Cheadle, Audio commentary by director Terry George and the real-life subject of the film–Paul Rusesabagina, along with select commentary by musician Wyclef Jean.

Supplementally, the Blu-ray Disc edition of the film, featuring special documentaries along with selected scenes and audio commentary, was released in the United States on 10 May 2011. The film is available in other media formats such as video on demand as well.

Reception

Box office

The film premiered in cinemas on 22 December 2004 in limited release throughout the US During its limited opening weekend, the film grossed $100,091 in business showing at seven locations. Its official wide release was screened in theaters on 4 February 2005. Opening in a distant 14th place, the film earned $2,316,416 showing at 823 cinemas. The film Boogeyman beat its competition during that weekend opening in first place with $19,020,655. The film's revenue dropped by 11.8% in its second week of release, earning $2,043,249. For this particular weekend, the romantic comedy Hitch unseated Boogeyman to open in first place with $43,142,214 in revenue, while Hotel Rwanda remained in 14th place not challenging a top 10 position. During its final weekend in release, the film opened in 62nd place grossing $23,176 in business. The film went on to top out domestically at $23,530,892 in total ticket sales through an 18-week theatrical run. Internationally, the film took in an additional $10,351,351 in box office business for a combined worldwide total of $33,882,243. For 2004 as a whole, the film would cumulatively rank at a box-office performance position of 99.

Critical response

Among mainstream critics in the U.S., the film received largely positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes 91% of 191 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 8/10 and the consensus calling it a "sobering and heartfelt tale about the massacre that took place in Rwanda while most of the world looked away." On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 40 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

As Rusesabagina, Cheadle is simply terrific. Not only does he assume a totally believable African accent and manner, he also convinces us with every move and gesture that he's a resourceful Everyman elevated to genuine heroism by a struggle to do the right thing.

—William Arnold, writing in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Michael Rechtshaffen, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, stated actor "Cheadle impressively carries the entire picture, delivering the kind of note-perfect performance that's absolutely deserving of Oscar consideration." Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times called it a "riveting drama", while exclaiming "The film works not because the screen is filled with meaningless special effects, formless action and vast digital armies, but because Cheadle, Nolte and the filmmakers are interested in how two men choose to function in an impossible situation. Because we sympathize with these men, we are moved by the film." In the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle wrote that the film was a "harrowing experience", and that "it documents for a mass audience what it was like. It's useful, in that it shows how it can happen. It's even hopeful, in that it shows that it's possible—not guaranteed, but possible—for people to maintain their humanity in the face of unhinged barbarism." Claudia Puig of USA Today stated the film was "one of the year's most moving and powerful films, anchored by a magnificent performance by Don Cheadle." She declared, "Hotel Rwanda emerges as an African version of Schindler's List." The film was not without detractors, Dave Sterrit of The Christian Science Monitor felt that, although the subject matter was crucially important, "the movie dilutes its impact with by-the-numbers filmmaking, and Cheadle's one-note performance displays few of his acting gifts." Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly commented on the character significance of the U.N. personnel, she stated it was "a bad day for narrative, if not for diplomacy, when there is only one 3-D character among the entire U.N. lot, clad in their blue helmets, and that role is rasped by Nick Nolte with moral remorse rather than his more usual hint of dissolution." In her overall summation, she wrote "Hotel Rwanda is a strange history lesson that leaves us more overlectured than properly overwhelmed." Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice, added to the negativity by stating the film was "told to us secondhand, or glimpsed in distant scuffles" and "Like the majority of movies about the last century of holocausts, Hotel Rwanda is as earnest and tasteful as its creators. To capture the white-hot terror of social calamity, someone a little more lawless and fierce might be called for."

Writing for The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote the film was "a political thriller based on fact that hammers every button on the emotional console." He commended how the film "offers a devastating picture of media-driven mass murder left unchecked" while also praising "Mr. Cheadle's magnificent, understated portrayal". James Berardinelli, writing for ReelViews, called the film "powerful" and noted that it didn't "pull as many punches as its detractors would have us believe." Berardinelli also wrote the film was "brutal and shocking when it needs to be, but it also has great emotional scope and power. We find ourselves enmeshed in Paul's struggle, sharing his despair at the warfare tearing apart his country, his frustration and anger at the U.N.'s inability to act, and, eventually, his hope for a better tomorrow." Describing some pitfalls, Jeff Vice of the Deseret News stated the "decision by the filmmakers to show things from that limited viewpoint—to show how isolated and fearful the characters were of the chaos going on around them—the film feels a little dishonest and diminished. It's never quite as effective as The Killing Fields or Schindler's List in that the film's overall impact is not as great and it doesn't linger in the memory." Vice was quick to admit "Hotel Rwanda does have its share of powerful moments; in particular, a scene in which Paul and another hotel employee unknowingly—due to fog—drive into a mass grave." He also expressed satisfaction with the acting, stating "Cheadle brings a needed intensity to the film; his character's fear and compassion are quite vivid. Nolte is also good in his limited screen time, as is Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a news cameraman."

[A] flat, cramped staging which, combined with d.p. Robert Fraisse's harsh overlighting, gives the film the feel of a cheap backlot production, even though it was shot on location.

—Scott Foundas, writing for Variety

Eleanor R. Gillespie of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that Hotel Rwanda was an "unforgettable film" as well as "a doubly unforgettable performance by Don Cheadle." Although mentioning "The parallels with Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List are obvious", she praised individual cinematic elements that made the film unique, such as "the revelation of a dark, bumpy road paved with thousands of corpses. Or in a little girl's heartwrenching plea, 'Please don't let them kill me. I promise I won't be Tutsi anymore'." She concluded her review with Cheadle's noteworthy performance, stating he gave "one of the best performances (if not the best) of last year—an Oscar-worthy portrait of a man who kept his head clear and his humanity intact in the midst of a man-made hell." Similarly, David Ansen wrote in Newsweek that "two performances carry the film. Cheadle, in his richest role since Devil in a Blue Dress, burrows deep inside this complex man, who discovers in himself a strength he never knew he possessed, as he faces the disillusionment of all the "civilized" notions he believes in. As his strong, committed wife, Tatiana, Sophie Okonedo, barely resembling the saucy hooker she played in Dirty Pretty Things, is a revelation." However, in the Arizona Daily Star, Phil Villarreal was not moved by the lead acting of Cheadle or Nolte. He thought the characters were "cardboardish" and stated the "uplifting moments of rescue seem antiseptic and set up." Critic Leonard Maltin wrote that Hotel Rwanda was a "powerful film" that he thought avoided being "overly didactic by focusing on one compelling character, believably brought to life by Cheadle." In Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy, drawing on the work of journalist Keith Harmon Snow and writer Edward S. Herman, author Matthew Alford called the film "sensitive, humane and powerful" but noted that it was "striking how the history of bloodshed has been spun in line with Western interests".

Top 10 lists

Hotel Rwanda was listed on many critics' top ten lists for 2004.

• 1st – Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
• 3rd – Claudia Puig, USA Today
• 3rd – Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
• 6th – Ruthie Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
• 8th – Lawrence Toppman, Salon.com
• 8th – Mick LaSalle & Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
• 9th – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
• 10th – Desson Thomson, Washington Post
• 10th – Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

Accolades

The film was nominated and won several awards in 2004–2006. Various critics included the film on their lists of the top 10 best films of 2004. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times named it ninth best, Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle named it eighth best, and Desson Thomson of The Washington Post named it tenth best. The film is also listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 most inspirational movies of all time.

In 2024, Looper ranked it number 31 on its list of the "50 Best PG-13 Movies of All Time," writing "Beyond its technical and artistic achievements, Hotel Rwanda is a film of immense historical importance. By shining a light on the atrocities committed during the Rwandan genocide, it forces audiences to confront uncomfortable truths about humanity's capacity for cruelty while also celebrating acts of courage and compassion in the face of unimaginable horror."

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
77th Academy Awards	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Sophie Okonedo	Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Nominated
American Film Institute Awards 2004	Top Audience Award	————	Won
Discover Screenwriting Award 2004	Discover Screenwriting Award	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Nominated
2005 Berlin International Film Festival	Out of Competition	————	Won
2005 Bet Awards	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
Black Reel Awards of 2005	Best Actor in a Drama	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Best Actress in a Drama	Sophie Okonedo	Won
59th British Academy Film Awards	Best Original Screenplay	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2004	Best Picture	————	Nominated
	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2005	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Best Picture	————	Nominated
2005 David Di Donatello Awards	Best Foreign Film	————	Nominated
2005 18th European Film Awards	Best Composer	Rupert Gregson-Williams, Andrea Guerra	Won
62nd Golden Globe Awards	Best Picture – Drama	————	Nominated
	Best Actor – Drama	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Best Original Song	Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean	Nominated
Golden Satellite Awards 2004	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Don Cheadle	Won
	Best Motion Picture Drama	————	Won
	Best Original Song	Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean	Won
	Best Original Screenplay	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Nominated
2006 Grammy Awards	Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean	Nominated
2005 Humanitas Prize	Humanitas Prize	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Won
2005 3rd Irish Film & Television Awards	Best Director	Terry George	Won
	Best Script for Film	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Won
31st Japan Academy Prize Ceremony	Best Foreign Language Film	————	Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005	Best British Director	Terry George	Nominated
	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Best British Supporting Actress	Sophie Okonedo	Nominated
2005 Movieguide Awards	Most Inspiring Movie Acting	Don Cheadle	Nominated
2005 36th NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Outstanding Motion Picture	————	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Sophie Okonedo	Nominated
2006 Nastro d'Argento Silver Ribbon Award	Best Score	Andrea Guerra	Nominated
2004 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards	Top Ten Films	————	Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2004	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
2004 Political Film Society Awards	Exposé	————	Nominated
	Human Rights	————	Nominated
	Peace	————	Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards 2004	Stanley Kramer Award	————	Won
2006 Robert Awards	Best Non-American Film	Terry George	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2004	Body of Work	Don Cheadle	Won
11th Screen Actors Guild Awards	Best Ensemble Acting	————	Nominated
	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Sophie Okonedo	Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2004	Best Picture	————	Nominated
2004 Toronto International Film Festival	People's Choice Award	Terry George	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2004	Best Actor	Don Cheadle	Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards 2005	Best Original Song Written for a Film	Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean	Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards 2004	Best Original Screenplay	Keir Pearson, Terry George	Nominated

See also

• Paul Rusesabagina – Main character, and source of information, for Hotel Rwanda
• Roméo Dallaire – A UNAMIR Force Commander in Hotel Rwanda, and noted critic of the movie
• 2004 in film
• Hutu Power – a racist and ethnic supremacist ideology propounded by Hutu extremists in Rwanda
• Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines – a Rwandan radio station which played a significant role during the Genocide against the Tutsi

Further reading

• Barnett, Michael (2003). Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8867-2.
• Chishugi, Leah (2010). A Long Way from Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide. Virago Press. ISBN 978-1-84408-657-3.
• Cruden, Alex (2010). Rwandan Genocide (Perspectives on Modern World History). Greenhaven Press. ISBN 978-0-7377-5007-2.
• Destexhe, Alain (1995). Rwanda and Genocide in the Twentieth Century. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1873-5.
• Gourevitch, Philip (1999). We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. Picador. ISBN 978-0-312-24335-7.
• Ilibagiza, Immaculee (2009). Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide. Hay House. ISBN 978-1-4019-1888-0.
• Keane, Fergal (1997). Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-024760-2.
• Kroslak, Daniela (2007). The Role of France in the Rwandan Genocide. Hurst & Company. ISBN 978-1-85065-882-5.
• Laband, John (2006). Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Africa: From Slavery Days to Rwandan Genocide. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-33540-2.
• Lawrence, Tracey (2009). My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide. Baker Books. ISBN 978-0-8010-1320-1.
• Melvern, Linda (2006). Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwandan Genocide. Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-542-5.
• O'Halloran, Kevin (2010). Pure Massacre: Aussie Soldiers Reflect on the Rwandan Genocide. Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9803251-8-8.
• Prunier, Gerard (2008). Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-537420-9.
• Taylor, Christopher (2001). Sacrifice as Terror: The Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Berg Publishers. ISBN 978-1-85973-278-6.
• Twagilimana, Aimable (2003). The Debris of Ham: Ethnicity, Regionalism, and the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-2585-2.
• Wallis, Andrew (2007). Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan Genocide. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-247-9.
• Waugh, Colin (2004). Paul Kagame and Rwanda: Power, Genocide and the Rwandan Patriotic Front. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-1941-8.
• Willoquet-Maricondi, Paula (2010). Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film (Under the Sign of Nature). University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-3005-3.

External links

• Official website
• Hotel Rwanda at IMDb
• Hotel Rwanda at AllMovie
• Hotel Rwanda at the TCM Movie Database
• Hotel Rwanda at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Hotel Rwanda at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hotel Rwanda at Metacritic
• Hotel Rwanda at Box Office Mojo