Paul Rusesabagina proved to be exactly what I thought. He was so interesting and told the story of how the movie was made as well as what happened in Rwanda. He talked about how after everything he endured, channels like HBO and Showtime offered him deals to make a movie. They wanted to make a movie about the genocide and planned on showing the world what had happened in Rwanda. Paul wanted to world to know but he didn't want it to be shown in the way they wanted it shown. He decided that he was going to make a movie that was about more then just the genocide. He wanted to tell a story about how a community can come together and how some people will stand up and fight, even if others are cowering away. He eventually met a man who wanted to make the movie just like he did. Together they raised money, wrote the script and promoted the movie. In 2004, Hotel Rwanda was released and it spread like wild fire. Today, nearly every student in high school and college in America has seen Hotel Rwanda and knows what happened there. Unfortunately, many people in Rwanda do no agree with the way he portrayed the genocide. Therefore, when he comes to speak about the horrible acts committed, they try to yell him off the stage and call him a "liar," among other names. Their reasons are unknown to me but they are obviously passionate enough to travel very far and protest his speech. I understand that after such a hard situation, there are mixed views of what should be shown and what shouldn't which makes the story even more interesting. I found the way that he spoke as if he was from both views very interesting also. He had an almost "matter of fact" view about him whether it was for one side of the other. In a way, I can state that he was fair to both sides of the fight.
The night with him was very interesting and I highly suggest watching Hotel Rwanda.
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