IWA Movies

IWA Movie Club will be exploring movies based on true stories this year .

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 (121 mins) British-Italian-South African historical drama film directed by Terry George. It stars Don Cheadle , Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana,along with Joaquin Phoenix and Nick Nolte.

  Based on the Rwandan genocide, which occurred during the spring of 1994, the film, which has been called an African Schindler's List, documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees .

It  was nominated for multiple awards, including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay. The film also won a number of awards including those from the Berlin and Toronto International Film Festivals. The film explores a human story within the inhumanity of war .