Event | Film and Video Screenings “Hotel Rwanda” (United Artists, 2004)

Shown in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which occurred during the spring of 1994, “Hotel Rwanda” stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana, and documents their acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees by providing them with shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines. The film was nominated for multiple awards, including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay and was on a number of film critics’ top 10 best films lists for 2004. In the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle wrote that the film was a "harrowing experience", and that "it documents for a mass audience what it was like. It's useful, in that it shows how it can happen. It's even hopeful, in that it shows that it's possible - not guaranteed, but possible - for people to maintain their humanity in the face of unhinged barbarism." 35mm archival print. Rated PG-13. 121 min.

Programs are free and open to the public, but children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Seating at the screenings is on a first-come, first-served basis unless otherwise noted. Short films may be shown before some features.

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