Hotel Rwanda

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 2016)

Hotel Rwanda was about the Rwandan Genocide that occurred recently. Almost a million people were killed in this conflict, many of them being innocent people who were blamed for crimes they did not commit. The Hutu extremists wished to exterminate the population of Tutsi's in their country, as well as any sympathizers to their cause. As a result, thousands were killed and the governments of the world didn't help to stop all of the killing until much later. This story instead focuses around a hotel manager who wants to get his people to safety and has to struggle against the Hutu extremists who wish to wipe out everyone in the hotel. After convincing others and offering them bribes and blackmail, he manages to extract everyone from the hotel. It was both a very sad and uplifting movie to watch. It was powerful to see the way that he struggled through in order to keep his family safe, as well as everyone at the hotel.