Ally (Hotel Rwanda)

Hotel Rwanda
The film, Hotel Rwanda is a movie like Schindler's List but it is about the life of Hutu and Tutsi people. As the tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples lead to a war, in a country where corruption and bribes are routine. The manager of the hotel is Hutu but his wife, Tatiana, is Tutsi. As the situation in the country worsens Paul and his family observe neighbors being killed. Paul finds favor with the people and bribes them with money and alcohol to keep his family safe. When a Rwanda Army officer threatens Paul and some of his neighbors Paul negotiates their safety and brings them to the hotel. More refugees come to the hotel from the United Nations camps, the Red Cross, and orphanages. Paul decides to distract the Hutu soldiers to care for all the refugees. He also has to be a source of strength for his family and also maintain the hotel as the situations become very violent. Soon the UN forces are unable to take action or intervene in the genocide. The foreign nationals are evacuated but the Rwandans are left behind. When the UN forces soon try to evacuate a group of refugees including Paul’s family they end up getting ambushed and must turn back. Paul speaks to the Rwanda Army General and when the bribes no longer work he blackmails him with threats of being tried as a war criminal. The family and the hotel refugees finally leave the hotel in a UN convoy and they travel to reach safety behind the Tutsi rebel lines. This is an idea of what happened during the movie. One thing that always will stick in my mind is when the Paul and another guy go and get supplies and on their way back they are running over dead bodies that are piled on the roads. This movie was an eye opener for me because everyone looks at what happened in the holocaust but then when it comes to talking about poor countries Africa gets all the attention. So I guess we as a country each get attention somehow. This is a great movie!