Role of Conflict and Power - Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

Pamela Light

BSHS/385

May 4, 2015

       Shawn Miller

Characters in Hotel Rwanda

According to FamousFix (2015) “the cast of Hotel Rwanda”:

Main Character 1: Don Cheadle: Paul Rusesabagina

Main Character 2: Sophie Okonedo: Tatiana Rusesabagina

Nick Nolte: Colonel Oliver

Joaquin Phoenix: Jack

Desmond Duke: Dube

David O'Hara: David

Cara Seymour: Pat Archer

Fana Mokoena: General Augustin Bizimungo

Hakeem Kae-Kazim: George Rutaganda

Tony Kgoroge: Gregoire

Mosa Kaiser: Paul's Daughter

Mathabo Pieterson: Paul's Daughter

Ofentse Modiselle: Roger Rusesabagina

Xolani Mali: Policeman

Rosie Montene: Receptionist

Neil McCarthy: Jean-Jacques

Kid Sithole: Head Chief

Jeremiah Ndloyu: Old Guard

Lebo Mashile: Odette

Antonio David Lyons: Thomas

Leleti Khumalo: Fedens

Kgomotso Seitshohlo: Anais

Lerato Mokgotho: Carine

Lennox Matharathe: Peter

Mothuse Magano: Benedict

Noxolo Maqashalala: Chloe--prostitute

Thulane Nyembe: Jean Baptiste

Simo Magwaza: Hutu Captain

Merriam Ngomani: Gregoire's Girlfriend

Harriet Manamela: Alice the Waitress

Roberto Citran: Priest

Mduduze Maraso: Hutu Lieutenant

Sonni Chidiebere: Militiaman

Thomas Kaijuki: Javier

Sibusiso Mhlongo: Militiaman

Ahsliegh Tobias: Medic

The main cast members are Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Nick Nolte, and Fana Mokoena.  Don Cheadle played the role of Paul Rusesabagina as the hotel manager.  Sophie Okonedo played Tatiana Rusesabagina who was Paul Rusesabagina’s wife.  Hakeem Kae-Kazim played George Rutaganda who was the one that supplied necessities to the hotel which were used for survival.  Nick Nolte who played Colonel Oliver who was the United Nations Peacekeeper.  Fana Mokoena played General Augustin Bizimungo who was the Army General for Rwandan who started the mass killings.

Description of Hotel Rwanda and Overview of Character Relationships

Hotel Rwanda is based off of a real life event that happened in 1994 Kigali, Rwandan (Lovgren, 1996).  During the event Lovgren (1996) stated, “As ethnic Hutus began killing their Tutsi neighbors, Rusesabagina—a Hutu married to a Tutsi woman—turned his hotel into an impromptu refugee camp for more than a thousand terrified Tutsis and moderate Hutus” (para.2).  The movie was written by Keri Pearson and Terry George, and was directed by Terry George (Amazon, 2015).