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"Hotel Rwanda" Film Screening Sat. Nov. 17 3pm

This Saturday November 17 at 3pm, our weekly human
rights and social justice film series at Pannasastra
University continues with a screening of HOTEL RWANDA,
directed by Terry George.

HOTEL RWANDA tackles one of the most horrific events
in recent history, when the Hutu extremists of Rwanda
initiated a terrifying campaign of genocide,
massacring hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis
(who had been given power by the departed Belgian
colonists), while the rest of the world looked on and
did nothing. Don Cheadle (in an Academy Award
nominated performance) stars as Paul Rusesabagina, the
hotel manager at the five star Les Milles Collines
Hotel in Kigali. As the Hutus begin their genocide of
the Tutsis, Rusesabagnina, despite being a Hutu
himself, summons extraordinary courage to save the
lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by
granting them shelter in the hotel.

Paul is seen as a traitor by some, putting his life in
danger, and the predicament of his "guests" grows more
precarious every day, but despite good intentions on
the part of a journalist (Joaquin Phoenix) and a UN
peacekeeping colonel (Nick Nolte) the rest of the
world is not eager to intervene and stop the massacre.

The screening venue is Pannasastra University Srey Dim
Conference Hall, 184 Norodom Boulevard,Phnom Penh

The screen is large (by PP standards) and there is
comfortable seating and air con.

Special thanks to the Open Society Justice Initiative
for their support of this film series.

Hope to see you then, and tell your friends!

posted by Jinja @ 7:33 PM