This all succeeds as riveting drama. “Hotel Rwanda” is not about hotel management, but about heroism and survival. Rusesabagina rises to the challenge. The film works not because the screen is filled with meaningless special effects, formless action and vast digital armies, but because Cheadle, Nolte and the filmmakers are interested in how two men choose to function in an impossible situation. Because we sympathize with these men, we are moved by the film.

Robert Ebert

Hotel Rwanda

3 MAY:  7 pm
Drama 
121 Mins | Country | Year |

VENUE: VERANDAH ROOM
MALENY COMMUNITY CENTRE
23 MAPLE STREET MALENY 

This award-winning drama is based on events that took place during the 1990s Rwanda genocide, when Hutu militias were killing the formerly dominant Tutsi. An educated and compassionate hotel manager of Hutu ethnicity and his Tutsi wife use their four star hotel to shelter more than a thousand Tutsi refugees fleeing violence at the hands of Hutu gangs.  Together with a UN peacekeeping officer, they undertake difficult and protracted negotiations with the militia leaders. Using a combination of bribery, concessions and careful diplomacy, they save the lives of the sheltering Tutsis. This powerfully moving drama, full of suspense, at times tense and confronting, delivers in the end a triumph of humanity over inhumanity.

EVENING SCREENING
No need to book in advance.
Doors Open at 6 pm for cabaret seating and pizza ($4 slice).
Movie starts at 7:00 pm licensed bar, tea/coffee.