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Viewed on DVD because this multiple award winner never got a commercial release here probably because it is about black Africans.  As a film it is nothing original – simply a personal account of how the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 affected a hotel manager and how he sheltered over 1200 refugees in his hotel while the Hutu’s went on a massacre spree all over the country.  Among the main merits of this film is the recreation of this ghastly period and the anguish that ordinary Rwandans suffered.  Another feature is the way that hate was instilled in the public mind.  Don Cheadle does a first rate job as Paul, the hotel owner, Sophie Okenedo is fine as his wife and there are good performances from Nick Nolte and a large cast of Africans.  A film to watch for the way it portrays the horror of war.  I was moved by it, but not sent to the moon. 4 stars for the effort and commitment to making it.

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