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Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda is a movie based on true history in 2004 historical drama, about the hotelier named Paul Rusesabagina played by a man named Don Cheadle. This took place during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The film was called an African Schindler's List. Directed by Terry George, the film was co-produced by US, British, Italian, and South African companies to help wit the ideas and the budgets. The filming done on location in Johannesburg, South Africa and Kigali, Rwanda to help the plot of the story. As an independent film, it had an initial limited release in theaters, but was nominated for multiple awards, including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. The best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. As of 2010[update], one of the servers of the movie is Netflex and is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 most inspirational movies of all time. The film is set in 1994, during the Rwandan Genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people, mainly Tutsi, were killed by the Hutu extremists. Paul Rusesabagina was consulted during the writing of the film. Tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples lead to a war, in a country where corruption and bribes are routine. Paul Rusesabagina Don Cheadle, the manager of Sabena HôteL des Mille Collines, is Hutu but his wife, Tatiana Sophie Okonedo, is Tutsi. His marriage is a source of friction with Hutu extremists, most prominently Georges Rutaganda, a friendly supplier to the hotel who also is the local leader of Interahamwe, a brutal anti-Tutsi militia.
As the political situation in the country worsens, Paul and his family observe neighbors being killed. Paul curries favor with people of influence, bribing them with money and alcohol, seeking to maintain sufficient influence to keep his family safe. When civil war erupts and a Rwandan Army officer threatens Paul and his neighbors, Paul barely negotiates their safety, and brings everyone to the hotel. More refugees come to the hotel from the

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