Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines

Comprehension and Discussion Activities for the Movie Hotel Rwanda This module has been designed to accompany the film Hotel Rwanda (2004). Hotel Rwanda is based on real characters and events that took place in Rwanda in 1994. Tension between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups reached a crisis point in that year, when Rwandan radio announced that May 5 was to be the ?cleanup day?. On that day the capital, Kigali, must be cleansed of Tutsis. Nearly one million people were killed by Hutu militia shortly after this announcement. Hotel Rwanda is a film about this event. Hotel Rwanda is also about Paul Rusesabagina, who made the hotel he managed into a refugee camp. This single daring act allowed thousands to survive. The module consists of