Gardner-Webb shows different movies on a closed-circuit channel each month. This month has a great lineup in store, and Hotel Rwanda is one of the better movies that are playing. It stars Don Cheadle, and focuses on the conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi in Rwanda, Africa. The genocide was horrible, and the movie really showed what it was about.
Hotel Rwanda is incredible. Paul, a hotel manager, and his family are documented as they try to save themselves, without sacrificing friends and family along the way. They use the hotel as a safe house for refugees, and end up housing over 1000 by the end. The people are abandoned many times, by all sorts of armies, even the UN.
The filmography in this movie wasn't exceptional, in my opinion. It was average work, but it didn't need to be greater than that. The storyline carried the film, high-paid actors and filmographers were not needed.
I almost want to say that the movie was too neat and tidy. I feel as if everyone who you really, really wanted to live, lived. Since the movie was based on a true story, it's understandable, but I felt as if parts of it were hard to believe.
All in all, this movie is a winner. Be prepared to cry.
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