Hotel Rwanda

Talking of the horror of war, this is a movie about the inhuman atrocities conducted in the Rwandan genocide, and in particular the courage of a hotel assistant manager to shelter over 1200 Tutsis and Hutus alike from a mass slaughter that consumed the lives of up to a million people.  This movie has been described with good reason as “the black Schindler’s List“, helped by a noble performance by Don Cheadle as the man who gave up any notions of self-interest to help those most in need against a Hutu government that described Tutsis as “cockroaches.”  How would we react under the same circumstances?  Beautifully told and worthy of its many accolades, and avoiding the temptation to layer on the melodrama.  8/10