Paul Rusesabagina Articles

HOTEL RWANDA (2004) Direction: Terry George Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube, Neil McCarthy, Jean Reno Screenplay: Keir Pearson and Terry George Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Sophie Okonedo, Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda In the second quarter of 1994, while much of the world was gearing up to the World Cup to be held in Los Angeles, one of history's [...]

Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Hotel Rwanda According to a Reuters report, Rwanda's current Tutsi president Paul Kagame, who led the country's counter-takeover to end the genocide, accused Terry George's Hotel Rwanda of depicting a "falsehood," adding, "Some of the things actually attributed to this person [Paul Rusesabagina, played by Don Cheadle] are not true. Even those that are true do not merit the level of [...]

Sophie Okonedo, Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda Based on the true story of a hotel manager who saved hundreds of lives during Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Terry George's Hotel Rwanda has won the People's Choice award at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival. In the film, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (played by Don Cheadle) saves the lives of those hiding in his establishment by bribing military officers with [...]