Amazing and important

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2006)

Like Schindler's List and The Pianist, Rwanda does a great job of making you believe this actually happened, and as Don Cheadle puts it on the DVD before the menu comes on, happening still. Why Don Cheadle was nominated for best actor was easy to see, he does an outstanding job as Paul Rusesabagina. The fact that this happened just 12 years ago sends chills down my spine. That no one interfered is not so much sad as much as it is infuriating. To think this is still happening today is a frightening sign of the times. How Hotel Rwanda was not even nominated for best picture is impossible to believe; in my book this is 2004's top film.