Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle plays Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel owner in Rwanda, who protected his community when the Hutu military forces began their campaign for ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi people. Rusesabagina did his best to protect his people, but the violence eventually escalated into genocide while his world collapsed around him. 

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