Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Director:

Terry George

Writers (WGA):

Keir Pearson (written by) &
Terry George (written by)

Release Date:

4 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller | War

Tagline:

A true story of a man who fought impossible odds to save everyone he could and created a place where hope survived.

Plot:

The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Hotel Manager | Atrocity | Militia | Rwanda

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 29 nominations

Cast

Xolani Mali	...	Policeman
Don Cheadle	...	Paul Rusesabagina
Desmond Dube	...	Dube
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	George Rutaganda
Tony Kgoroge	...	Gregoire
Rosie Motene	...	Receptionist
Neil McCarthy	...	Jean Jacques
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole	...	Head Chef (as Kid Sithole)
Nick Nolte	...	Colonel Oliver
Fana Mokoena	...	General Bizimungu
Jeremiah Ndlovu	...	Old Guard
Sophie Okonedo	...	Tatiana Rusesabagina
Lebo Mashile	...	Odette
Antonio David Lyons	...	Thomas Mirama
Leleti Khumalo	...	Fedens
Kgomotso Seitshohlo	...	Anais
Lerato Mokgotho	...	Carine
Mosa Kaiser	...	Elys Rusesabagina
Mathabo Pieterson	...	Diane Rusesabagina
Ofentse Modiselle	...	Roger Rusesabagina
David O'Hara	...	David
Joaquin Phoenix	...	Jack Daglish
Lennox Mathabathe	...	Peter
Mothusi Magano	...	Benedict
Noxolo Maqashalala	...	Chloe - Prostitute
Thulani Nyembe	...	Jean Baptiste (as Thulane Nyembe)
Simo Mogwaza	...	Hutu Captain (as Simo Magwaza)
Mirriam Ngomani	...	Gregoire's Girlfriend
Cara Seymour	...	Pat Archer
Harriet Lenabe	...	Alice the Waitress (as Harriet Manamela)
Roberto Citran	...	Priest
Mduduzi Mabaso	...	Hutu Lieutenant
Sonni Chidiebere	...	Militiaman
Thomas Kariuki	...	Xavier
Sibusiso Mhlangu	...	Militiaman (as Sibusiso Mhlongo)
Ashleigh Tobias	...	Medic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Reno	...	Mr. Tillens - Sabena Airlines President (uncredited)

Directed by
Terry George

Writing credits (WGA)
Keir Pearson		(written by) &
Terry George		(written by)

Produced by
Sam Bhembe	....	executive producer
Roberto Cicutto	....	executive producer
Izidore Codron	....	co-executive producer
Sally French	....	line producer
Terry George	....	producer
A. Kitman Ho	....	producer
Martin Katz	....	executive producer (as Martin F Katz)
Francesco Melzi d'Eril	....	executive producer (as Francesco Melzi D'Eril)
Nicolas Meyer	....	co-executive producer
Luigi Musini	....	co-producer
Keir Pearson	....	co-executive producer
Bridget Pickering	....	co-producer
Duncan Reid	....	executive producer
Hal Sadoff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Afro Celt Sound System
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Andrea Guerra

Cinematography by
Robert Fraisse		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Naomi Geraghty

Casting by
Moonyeenn Lee
Richard Pagano		(as Rick Pagano)

Production Design by
Johnny Breedt
Tony Burrough

Art Direction by
Emma MacDevitt

Set Decoration by
Estelle Ballack		(as Estelle 'Flo' Ballack)

Costume Design by
Ruy Filipe

Makeup Department
Suzanne Belcher	....	chief makeup artist
Angie Boshoff	....	crowd makeup artist
Tania Brooke	....	makeup artist
Jacques Gerber	....	crowd hairdresser
Charles Khoza	....	hair assistant
Marli Kruger	....	makeup assistant: extras
Gladys Tshidi Phokompe	....	makeup assistant
Lianne Scott	....	makeup assistant
Melissa Slabbert	....	makeup assistant
Suzanne Stokes-Munton	....	chief hairdresser

Production Management
Renier Gerhard Cordier	....	assistant unit manager
Oorlagh George	....	production manager: Kigali
A. Kitman Ho	....	unit production manager
Alistair Hopkins	....	post-production supervisor
Hendrik H. Spangenberg	....	unit manager
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carin de Kock	....	second second assistant director (as Carin De Kock)
A. Kitman Ho	....	second unit director
Vincent Moloi	....	assistant director trainee
Alex Oakley	....	second assistant director (as Alexander Oakley)
Lance Roehrig	....	second second assistant director
Lionel Steketee	....	first assistant director
Chris van Latum	....	second second assistant director (as Christian Van Latum)

Art Department
Fourie Ackerman	....	head scenic (as Hermanus 'Fourie' Ackerman)
Paul Barker	....	greens assistant
Ray Berman	....	draughtsman
Ray Berman	....	storyboard artist
Ralf Buchmann	....	prop master
Marina Helena Constandse	....	art department runner
Graham Derrocks	....	construction foreman
Tamzin Ellett	....	art department coordinator
Bryn George	....	prop master
Brendan Gifford	....	stand-by carpenter
Mitch Gordon	....	greensman
Shira Hockman	....	draughtsman
Marsha Holtzhausen	....	scenic
Mohammed Hoosain	....	construction
Pieter Willem Kleinhaus	....	rigger
Pieter Willem Kleinhaus	....	welder
Melinda Launspach	....	scenic artist
Michel John Law	....	greens assistant (as Michael John Law)
Bongani Ledwaba	....	set dresser
Kerwin Macks	....	storeman
Marlon Macks	....	construction runner (as Marlon Brando Macks)
Louis Marais	....	construction foreman
Winston Mazibuko	....	set dresser
Alfred Mkwanazi	....	construction assistant
Bheki Mncube	....	props
Raymond Muller	....	construction manager (as Raymond G. Muller)
George Ndlovu	....	stand-by set dresser
Archibald Nkosi	....	set dresser
Richard Ntuli	....	scenic
Thomas Potsane	....	set dresser
Theron Ramatladi	....	props assistant
James Ryan	....	art department runner
Vicky Sawkins	....	assistant set dresser
Hertzog Schalekamp	....	draughtsman
Samson Sitole	....	assistant stand-by
Ralph Smit	....	storeman
Julian Stobbs	....	assistant greensman
James Lee Taylor	....	props buyer
Ashleigh Tobias	....	set dresser
Bob Toms	....	stand-by props
Isaac Tsotetsi	....	set dresser
Keith Ricardo Vander Vent	....	construction supervisor (as Keith Ricardo Van Der Vent)
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Michael Rossouw	....	junior carpenter (uncredited)
Michael Rossouw	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Damiano Antinori	....	ProTools operator: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Peter Burgess	....	foley artist
Paul Carr	....	foley mixer
Doug Cooper	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Douglas Cooper)
Anneline De Kock	....	sound assistant
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist (as Andi Derrick)
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Kennedy	....	sound effects editor
Nick Lowe	....	adr editor
Conor Mackey	....	adr editor
John Midgley	....	production sound mixer
Nigel Mills	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Paterson	....	foley mixer
June Prinz	....	boom operator
Emily Reynolds	....	assistant sound editor
Ashley Seale	....	sound trainee
Nigel Stone	....	dialogue editor
David Sutton	....	boom operator
Andy Thompson	....	adr mixer
Mike Wood	....	foley editor
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	sound assistant (uncredited)
Curt Cash	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Jim Petrak	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Mahlangu	....	special effects coordinator
Gavin Meadon	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Lyndy Brown	....	studio manager: Baseblack Ltd
Mike Connolly	....	senior compositor: Baseblack Ltd (as Michael Connolly)
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack Ltd
Per Karefelt	....	3d artist: Baseblack Ltd
John Kozak	....	systems administration: Baseblack Ltd
Donal Nolan	....	compositor: Baseblack Ltd
Chris Panton	....	effects animator: Baseblack Ltd
Chris Panton	....	senior compositor: Baseblack Ltd
Paul Poetsch	....	senior compositor: Baseblack Ltd
Petra Schwane	....	compositor: Baseblack Ltd
Clare Tinsley	....	visual effects coordinator: Baseblack Ltd
Val Wardlaw	....	3d lead: Baseblack Ltd
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects supervisor: Baseblack Ltd
Tim Baxter	....	film recording (uncredited)

Stunts
Graham Press	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Blid Alsbirk	....	still photographer (as Karin Blid Alsbirk)
Simon Cave	....	electrician
Emmanuel Chonco	....	electrician
Frank Connor	....	special still photographer
Lars Cox	....	camera focus: "a" camera
Vincent G. Cox	....	camera operator: additional footage
Shani Hayward	....	camera loader: "a" camera
Kevin Jewison	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Troy Lee	....	camera loader: "b" camera
Alfred Manzini	....	electrician
Patric Mashilo	....	grip (as Patrick Mashilo)
Godfrey Nkese	....	generator operator
Charl Phyfer	....	key grip
Peter Sekele	....	video assist trainee
Kenneth Shange	....	second company grip
Mark Sherman	....	assistant lighting technician
Bruce Thomas	....	chief lighting technician
Derek Ueckermann	....	loader
Deon Vermeulen	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Deon Vermeulen	....	steadicam operator
Anton Wehmeyer	....	camera focus: "b" camera
Wesley Williams	....	grip

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Izelle Borejszo	....	wardrobe assistant (as Zelle Borejszo)
Sannah Happy Dedibe	....	seamstress
Mathilda Engelbrecht	....	pattern cutter
Melanie Finch	....	wardrobe
Tamlin French	....	wardrobe
Melissa Gates	....	wardrobe assistant
Peta Hunter	....	wardrobe mistress
Melanie Lubbe	....	wardrobe assistant
Natalie Lundon	....	wardrobe assistant
Thembi Madladla	....	wardrobe assistant (as Thembi Faith Madlala)
Vivienne Mahloko	....	wardrobe trainee
Ada Meyer	....	wardrobe assistant
Brenda Mogale	....	seamstress
Rose Ntombi Parker	....	seamstress
Zahele Rathlepe	....	seamstress
Shelele Sekhu	....	wardrobe assistant
Natacha T. Stevens	....	wardrobe assistant (as Natasha T. Stevens)
Warren Van Niekerk	....	wardrobe runner
Johannes Christian Vorster	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Lisa Clifford-Owen	....	assistant editor
Thato Segoto	....	trainee: editing
Arturo Sosa	....	post-production consultant
Nicci Van Niekerk	....	assistant editor (as Christelle Nicole Van Niekerk)
Verity Wislocki	....	post-production coordinator
Kenny Becker	....	final color timer (uncredited)
Louise Mycielski	....	rushes telecine supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department
Lorne Balfe	....	music programmer: Rupert Gregson-Williams' compositions
Becky Bentham	....	music supervisor: Hot House Music
Budd Carr	....	executive music supervisor
Simon Changer	....	track laying: Rupert Gregson-Williams' compositions
Michael Connell	....	music editor
Coro Da Camera Del C.I.M.A.	....	choir: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Mario Crispi	....	musician: ethnic woods soloist, Andrea Guerra's compositions
Guy Fletcher	....	music mixer: A-Bay Studios, Rupert Gregson-Williams' compositions
Rebecca Gatrell	....	music supervisor: Hot House Music (as Becca Gatrell)
Andrea Guerra	....	orchestrator: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Christian Henson	....	music programmer: Rupert Gregson-Williams' compositions
Alastair King	....	additional score arranger: Rupert Gregson-Williams' compositions
Giannandrea Mazza	....	maestro assistant: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Dorothee Munyaneza	....	musician: 'tall trees' featured vocals, Andrea Guerra's compositions
Gianfranco Plenizio	....	conductor: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Tony Puia	....	midi programmer: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Luca Salvadori	....	orchestrator: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Marco Streccioni	....	music engineer: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Attilio Tucci	....	music assistant engineer: Andrea Guerra's compositions
Nora Felder	....	executive music producer (uncredited)
Joe Henson	....	music programmer (uncredited)
Tracy McKnight	....	executive soundtrack producer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Sean Berkhout	....	transport manager
Steven David Clayton	....	assistant action vehicle coordinator
Jimmy Davies	....	action vehicles coordinator
Pieter De Lange	....	action vehicles coordinator
Eugene Kok	....	action vehicle assistant
Elias Makhanya	....	driver
Albert Maphosho	....	driver
Gabriel Mashaba	....	driver (as Gabriel Machaba)
Lesiba Joe Mphela	....	transport coordinator
Hodges Sibeko	....	driver
Jannie Visser	....	transport coordinator

Other crew
Alison Brister	....	legal: Ingenious Films
Cher Budd	....	assistant: Terry George
Elaine Burt	....	production coordinator
Rita Dal Chiappa	....	production secretary: Mikado Film
Gert Cordier	....	medic
Felicity Downing	....	assistant accountant
Michael David Driscoll	....	armorer
Cheryl Eatock	....	production runner
Jana Eramus	....	assistant production coordinator
Clair Evans	....	assistant crowd coordinator
Janice Finegan	....	medic
Nicholas Finegan	....	medic
Ferdinanda Frangipane	....	production delegate: Italy. Mikado Film
Retha Geldenhuys	....	accounts assistant
Bob Gibson	....	army advisor
Rob Harris	....	publicity consultant
Natalie Hook	....	assistant: Don Cheadle
Leigh Human	....	production travel
Paula Jalfon	....	physical production: Ingenious Films
Raymond Kalisa	....	assistant production coordinator: Kigali
Paul Kamera	....	production assistant: Kigali
Ashley Kravitz	....	script clearance: Joan Pearce Research Associates
Darryl Kruger	....	base camp manager
Brian Letlhabane	....	assistant: Terry George
M.J. Magbanua	....	consultant: special projects
Sirish Malde	....	auditor: Malde & Co.
Joseph Malele	....	production runner
Arthur Manson	....	producer's representative
Steven Maresch	....	unit publicist
Ciara McGowan	....	assistant production coordinator
David Mellor	....	post-production accountant
Hugo Mellor	....	assistant post-production accountant
Sello Molefe	....	training coordinator
Leon Morenzie	....	dialect coach
Duma Nkosi	....	script supervisor trainee
Claribel Nkwili	....	production assistant
Brawley Nolte	....	assistant: Nick Nolte
Elisabetta Olmi	....	edition coordinator: Mikado Film
Vincent Thuso Paneng	....	assistant: Sophie Okonedo
Matt Polish	....	assistant: Nick Nolte
Fiona Ramsey	....	dialect coach
Neo Raphoto	....	production trainee
Paul Rusesabagina	....	consultant
Ashok Shah	....	auditor: Malde & Co.
Diana Sikhosana	....	production office craft
Nanie Taylor	....	tutor
Bruce Thackwell	....	location manager
Alistair Thompson	....	production accountant
Jane Trower	....	first assistant accountant
Melvin Van Ross	....	cashier
Lisa Vick	....	script supervisor
Danielle Gia Vinokur	....	location assistant
Bruce Wentzel	....	armorer
Hendrix White	....	on-set mechanic
David Williams	....	crowd coordinator
Janine Williams	....	production accommodation
Danny Wimborne	....	assistant: Terry George
Lesley Wise	....	legal: Ingenious Films
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services (uncredited)
Scott Challgren	....	legal assistant (uncredited)
Richard Harding	....	consultant (uncredited)
Rachel James	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Richard McCarthy	....	freight coordinator (uncredited)
Michael S. Murphey	....	film finances representative (uncredited)
Robert Nickson	....	financing (uncredited)
Chris Roland	....	production consultant (uncredited)

Thanks
Joseph Demali	....	the producers wish to thank: Kigali, Rwanda
Basil Ford	....	the producers wish to thank: The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Jean Baptiste Gasisira	....	the producers wish to thank: Kigali, Rwanda
Anita Haguma	....	the producers wish to thank: Kigali, Rwanda
Khalipha Edward Mbalo	....	the producers wish to thank: The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa
Zama Mkosi	....	the producers wish to thank: The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Mogopodi Mokoena	....	the producers wish to thank: Director General of Gauteng Provisional Government
Jean De Dieu Ntiruhungwa	....	the producers wish to thank: Kigali, Rwanda
Dr. Odette Nyiramirimo	....	the producers wish to thank: Kigali, Rwanda (as Odette Nyiramilimo)
Mbhazima Shilowa	....	the producers wish to thank: Premier of Gauteng Provisional Government
Themba Sibeko	....	the producers wish to thank: Gauteng Film Office

Production Companies

• United Artists (presents)
• Lions Gate Films (in association with) (as Lions Gate Entertainment)
• Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (in association with)
• Miracle Pictures (as Miracle Pictures/Seamus)
• Inside Track Films (in association with)
• Mikado Film (produced in association with)
• Endgame Entertainment (in association with) (as Endgame Entertainment Fund I, LLC)
• Sixth Sense Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• United Artists (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (An MGM Company)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• LNK Audiovisuais (2005) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (worldwide) (theatrical) (A Lions Gate Entertainment Company)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Mikado (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• On Pictures (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2005) (Finland) (theatrical) (DVD) (VHS)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2004) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Hollydan Works (2006-????) (Serbia and Montenegro) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2005) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Imagem Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Medyavizyon (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
• My Network TV (2008) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2005) (Sweden) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Television (????) (USA) (TV)
• Star Entertainment (2005) (India) (all media)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV2)

Special Effects

• Baseblack (visual effects)
• Capital FX (opticals)

Other Companies

• A-Bay Studios  music mixed at: Rupert Gregson-Williams' compositions
• AFM Lighting  lighting equipment (as AFM Lighting, South Africa)
• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance
• Bank Leumi  financing provided by
• Commotion Records  soundtrack released by (uncredited)
• Falco Ink.  publicity
• Film Finance  completion guarantor
• Film Finance  completion guarantor
• Fintage House  collection account management
• Forum Music Village  score recording and mixing: Andrea Guerra's compositions (as Forum Music Village, Roma)
• Goldcrest Post Production London  post-production sound services
• Hothouse Music  music supervision (as Hot House Music)
• Joan Pearce Research Associates  script clearances
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Liquid Studio  video equipment
• Logical Designs  grip equipment (as MCC Logical Designs)
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting (uncredited)
• Malde & Co.  auditors
• Media Services  stationery supplier: post production
• Metal Moon Marketing  unit publicity
• Olswang  legal affairs
• Panacam Africa (Pty) Ltd.  camera equipment
• Post Logic Studios  digital intermediate (uncredited)
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting (as PNC)
• Rwandan Survivors Fund (SURF)  part of the profits of this film shall go to (as The Rwandese Survivors Fund)
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording (uncredited)
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sargent Disc  payroll services (as Sargent-Disc Ltd., London)
• Sud Ovest Records  music production: Andrea Guerra's compositions
• The Movie Camera Company  film stock
• Thosa Security  security
• Video Lab  telecine (as The Video Lab)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 on appeal for violence, disturbing images and brief strong language.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

UK | USA | Italy | South Africa

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Hungary:14 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:18PL (DVD) | Sweden:15 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal) (certificate #41018) | USA:R (original rating) | New Zealand:M | Philippines:R-13

Filming Locations:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Company:

United Artists

Trivia:

The screenwriter spent one year writing the first draft of the script. During the process, he called the Rwandan embassy in DC. The woman who picked up the phone was a survivor who stayed at the Milles Collines Hotel.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where it is raining, it can be seen the sun is shining in the distance in a couple of shots looking away from the hotel. The reflection off Dube's wet coat also looks like sunshine.

Quotes:

[first lines]
George Rutaganda: [voiceover] When people ask me, good listeners, why do I hate all the Tutsi, I say, "Read our history." The Tutsi were collaborators for the Belgian colonists, they stole our Hutu land, they whipped us. Now they have come back, these Tutsi rebels. They are cockroaches...

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

At the Warehouse

A Must See!

I was fortunate to attend a pre-screening of this intense picture in San Diego this week. The film is one of the most gritty, intense,factual dramas in the past few years. Terry George, Don Cheadle, and all who were involved should be praised for their work. The Rwanda Crisis in 1994 was a horrific atrocity, but it must be made known to the world. Many people don't know about politics and Africa and other troubled nations throughout the globe.

It would have been easy for the crew to give a one-sided tale about the horror of war and fill a 90 minute picture with nothing but blood and guts. It would have been easy to "shame the world" by painting a picture of a negligent international community who has larger concerns than the Rwandan people.

But the crew of this film put together a film that will resonate for many years. It involved politics, culture, family, religion, race, and many other questions of ethics. It told the WHOLE story from all perspectives and made you see the HUMANITY.

This film is a must see for anyone who claims oppression or has an interest in international affairs. It was almost like watching a documentary. This was a real event, with real people, and real consequences. If more people knew about these atrocities maybe something could be done.

I am pulling for "Hotel Rwanda" to do well this awards season. It should at least get nominated for Director, Screenplay, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Picture. I haven't seen Ray, the Aviator, or Kinsey yet, but I must say Don Cheadle needs to be commended for his work. Too long has he been overlooked for his fine performances and he truly embodies Paul and takes the movie to new places.

Tell your friends to stay at the Hotel Rwanda, or at least fork up the ten dollars to see an actual work of art, instead of watching the trash on television.