Books like hotel rwanda and blood diamond

Infiltrating and shutting down a blood diamond mine in equatorial guinea. Recently, with films like hotel rwanda, blood diamond, the constant gardener, the last king of scotland and tears of the sun, hollywood has once again turned its attention to africa. Beyond the gates, which was completed two years ago but kept out of circulation to avoid glutting the market with rwandan massacre films, is a gripping, terrifying, profoundly touching human. There is a lot of violence and blood diamond is certainly not for children. Paul lives in rwanda with his wife and their three children. The man is named paul rusesabagina, and he is played by don cheadle as a man of quiet, steady competence in a time of chaos.

Edward zwick is a director who is not afraid to take risks and do stories that challenge us to take another look at the ethical choices we make in our lives. Dont be fooled by the black and white cinematography, it is a superb movie. The surprising true story and why it matters today benbella books, edouard kayihura attempts to set the record straight. Aduaka, 2007 deal with a similar subject matter the consequences of civil war on the people of sierra leone as a result of conflict surrounding the diamond trade. Here are some i think might be good films for you in either style or content. While the rest of the world closed its eyes, paul opened his heart and proved that one good man can make a difference. Dec 01, 2004 going back even further in time is the cockroach. The hawaii five0 2010 episode kalele revolves around the smuggling of conflict diamonds. After the belgian conquest, the rwandans were split into two ethnicgroups. The term is used to highlight the negative consequences of the diamond trade in certain areas, or to label an individual diamond as having come from such an area. Blood diamonds also called conflict diamonds, brown diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading armys war efforts, or a warlords activity. One such unfortunate is fisherman solomon vandy djimon hounsou, from shenge.

The film, which has been called an african schindlers list, documents. Lord of war is a 2005 american crime drama film written, produced, and directed by andrew niccol, and coproduced by and starring nicolas cage the film was released in the united states on september 16, 2005, with a dvd release following on january 17, 2006 and bluray release on july 27, 2006 cage plays an illegal arms dealer, inspired by the stories of several reallife arms dealers and. The diamond industry is worried about the movie, which will be backed up by publicity and a. A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. What hollywood tells us about war and poverty world news. Jun 02, 2012 i love blood diamond and hotel rwanda so i was just wondering if there are any other movies like them. I love blood diamond and hotel rwanda so i was just wondering if there are any other movies like them. With leonardo dicaprio, djimon hounsou, jennifer connelly, kagiso kuypers.

Hotel rwanda is a powerful and moving film about the genocide in rwanda in 1994. There are a lot of western people who have written books, articles, films about the. While it does good work by bringing the lingering problem of african conflict diamonds back into the news, the movie itself is ungainly and retro, using white characters to illuminate the problem while also simplifying it. Each and every one is either a blood thirsty mindless killer and pillager or a childlike noble savage and feeble victim. On the heels of such films as the constant gardener, hotel rwanda, the last king of scotland, and catch a fire, we have blood diamond, set in sierra leone in. Ten years ago, as his country descended into madness, paul rusesabagina don cheadle, a hotel manager in rwanda, used cunning and courage to save 1,200 people from certain death, while the rest of the world closed its eyes. Blood diamond original motion picture soundtrack by. Hotel rwanda tells the inspiring story of reallife hero paul rusesabagina don cheadle, a hotel manager in rwanda who used his courage and cunning to shelter over a thousand refugees from certain death. In all, the melodies in this soundtrack deliver a powerful mix of both.

Ive read the book that they based hotel rwanda, and ive seen blood diamond, i like the book better than the movie. But the films good message is drowned out by the many bad ones. Inspired by movies and books like hotel rwanda and blood diamond. Jul 17, 2015 the stories in blood diamond and hotel rwanda are based on actual events. Dec 26, 2006 levia, i had a similar reaction to blood diamond.

If you like blood diamond you might like similar movies body of lies, the pursuit of happyness, gangs of new york, the aviator, cast away. This film based on the memoir shooting dogs is, like hotel rwanda or blood diamond, one of the best takes on the tribulations of africa, specifically on the rwandan mass murders of 1994. There is also a book out called the heartless stone, by the author of the book that became hotel rwanda. A film like blood diamond, setting aside its problems, brings a big. Hotel rwanda tackles one of the most horrifically ugly events in recent history, when the hutu extremists of rwanda initiated a terrifying campaign of genocide, massacring hundreds of thousands of minority tutsis who had been given power by the departed belgian colonists, while the rest of the world looked on and did nothing. In a new book titled, inside the hotel rwanda, a genocide survivor, edouard kayihura, recounts how rusesabaginas selfportrayal as a real life superman is nothing but a folly that digs holes into the memory of genocide survivors, especially those who maintained refuge. Hotelrwanda black hawk down the year of living dangerously in the name of the father absolutely stunning f. Are the massacres shown in blood diamond and hotel rwanda. The invisible trauma of waraffected children psychology today. Based on the rwandan genocide, which occurred during the spring of 1994, the film documents rusesabaginas efforts to. Kayihura tells of his life in a divided society and his journey.

Lessons learned from hotel rwanda steve dale pet world. Life here is nothing like it is in africa, where natives brutally kill and maim other natives with impunity and glee. Positive blood diamond is a powerful film, and the best picture i have seen in 2006. Goodreads members who liked hotel rwanda also liked. Terry george could have chosen to make a documentary about what happened but instead he focused on the story of paul rusesabagina, manager at the belgianowned mille collines hotel in the capital, kigali. Hollywood depicts africans poorly in blood diamond. Dec 08, 2006 blood diamond works best when it puts its social message on the back burner and cuts to the interlinking machinations of sidebar characters like the colonel, archers merc protege the always. Blood diamond is a 2006 germanamerican political war thriller film coproduced and directed by edward zwick, starring leonardo dicaprio, jennifer connelly and djimon hounsou. The stories in blood diamond and hotel rwanda are based on actual events.

Rebel factions such as the revolutionary united front frequently terrorize the open countryside, intimidating mende locals and enslaving many to harvest diamonds, which fund their increasingly successful war effort. If a film doesnt excel in three areas dialog, acting, etc i will not rate it above a 7. The hollywood film blood diamond edward zwick, 2006 and the nigerian film ezra newton i. Port edward, the location used in blood diamond is not quite as popular as cape town but it looks just as lovely. In recent years, hollywood has produced films dubbed human rights films, like hotel rwanda 2004, the constant gardener 2005, blood diamond 2006, and catch a fire 2006. But blood diamond, written by charles leavitt, from an idea that he. Films like hotel rwanda fail to give full context wbez.

I would like to thank the authors of the book inside the hotel rwanda. This book has an appendix that includes the entire screenplay of the movie. Blood diamonds is a thriller fiction book title by jon land, 2002. It was adapted from a screenplay cowritten by george and keir pearson, and stars don cheadle and sophie okonedo as hotelier paul rusesabagina and his wife tatiana. I watched blood diamond last night, another good one to lift up your spirits. It combines action, drama and romance with a heart wrenching look at violence in africa.

Jul 14, 2008 hotel rwanda tells the true story of one mans courage in the midst of this genocide. Blood diamond is set in 1999 in sierra leone where a fierce civil war has killed thousands of innocent civilians and driven more than a million people out of their homes and villages and into refugee camps. Summer 2015 course descriptions portland state university. Sprawling, massive, and silent libraries housing secret clues in books. The invisible trauma of waraffected children psychology. Blood diamonds are in relation to diamond trading, conflict diamond also called a converted diamond, blood diamond, hot diamond, or war diamond refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading armys war efforts, or a warlords activity, usually in africa1 where around twothirds of the worlds diamonds are extracted. Find books like hotel rwanda from the worlds largest community of readers. Hotel rwanda is an excruciatinglytruthful and harsh docudrama addressing the rwandan genocide in 1994. Sep 04, 20 a film like blood diamond, setting aside its problems, brings a big audience to the story of sierra leones civil war. There is one major problem however, paul is a hutu, his wife tatiana is a tutsi.

This rwandan genocide story is also a gutwrenching must. First and foremost i would like to thank god who has taken me this far and. The official companion book, edited by director terry george, includin. Human rights through film resources to accompany film screenings of slumdog millionaire, blood diamond, the kite runner, hotel rwanda, boy in the striped pyjamas, good and persepolis including. An ordinary man is probably the most insightful of all books ive read on the. Robin hood 2018, birth of the dragon 2017, the last legion 2007, overlord 2018, a walk among the tombstones 2014. All the cast are in top form, as evil stares them in the face and being mere mortals they blink. Most were slaughtered by the majority hutus, with machetes. The 2004 film hotel rwanda recounts the efforts of hotelier paul rusesabagina to save his family and others during the 1994 genocide in the central african nation of rwanda. If you were morally caught up in syriana and hotel rwanda, this is another movie that you wont want to miss.

It is 1999 and the troubled west african nation of sierra leone is ravaged by major political unrest. This week we have the compromised blood diamond, in which leonardo. Hotel rwanda is a more true to life drama film, and blood diamond tends to be a more typical hollywood flick. Our frivolous attachment to the worlds most expensive gem fuels violence in desperate and impoverished african countries like sierra. The movies i like the most watching are the ones with strong themes, whether they are political or about social trends, so you wont be surprised to learn. Paul risked his own life and that of his family to shelter tutsi. The blood diamonds do really exist and paul rusesabagina, portrayed in hotel rwanda, is an actual person, former manager of hotel des milles collines, who saved many tutsis.

Out of so many hotels in rwanda we can help you book the perfect hotel room, whether its a deal on a cheap hotel in rwanda for a long stay or multiple hotels for a trip across rwanda, we have a range of hotel to suit every individual need from the top 5star hotels in rwanda to hotels with a swimming pool, free breakfast and gym. Hotel rwanda the 2004 film hotel rwanda recounts the efforts of hotelier paul rusesabagina to save his family and others during the 1994 genocide in the central african nation of rwanda. The other big issue the diamond trade was grappling with is the leonardo dicaprio movie the blood diamond. Heres an excerpt of what i thought about the movie from yesterdays blog entry. Apr 11, 2005 hotel rwanda is a harrowing film, the rare exercise of its kind that succeeds in conveying human tragedy on a scale both vast and intimate. Steve rose on the oscar potential of films with issues film the.

There was no logical reason for monstrous carnage in rwanda. A number of films after 1994, such as black hawk down, hotel rwanda, blood diamond, the last king of scotland, the constant gardener. I like the book, like the movie i dont believe before that this is a true story, but after i read the book, very stranger and great story. Hotel rwanda is a 2004 historical drama film about the hotelier paul rusesabagina during the rwandan genocide of 1994. Gak bisa bayangin bagaimana bertahan dalam situasi perang seperti itu, menyelamatkan diri sendiri saja sudah apalagi membawa begitu banyak anak adopsi. Hotel rwanda is a 2004 drama film directed by terry george. Blood diamond original motion picture soundtrack please retry amazon music unlimited. Hotel rwanda i loved the movie my wife not so much. I also have an sponsored child in uganda through compassion international and contribute to their hiv prevention and treatment fund.

The happy prince 2018, spotlight 2015, trumbo 2015, the theory of everything 2014, mr. And nothing communicates really, really hot like a bleached out colour. The magnitude of the horror outside the hotel compound. In fact, i preferred this slightly to hotel rwanda. After seeing hotel rwanda, i wondered, if the human species arent going to be any more than a little blip in time in the earths history. It is the story of a hotel manager who saved the lives of 1,200 people by being, essentially, a very good hotel manager. Hollywood films have included hotel rwanda, blood diamond, and machine gun preacher. A film like blood diamond, setting aside its problems, brings a big audience to the story of sierra leones civil war. We rarely stop to think about what its like in other parts of the world. Do the emphases on human rights in the films offer a. The story is captivating and builds to an emotional ending. What are the movies similar to blood diamond 2006 movie.

Movies like blood diamond, hotel rwanda etc yahoo answers. Critics are touting the movie blood diamond as a part of a growing genre of socially conscious hollywood productions. Films like hotel rwanda fail to give full context wbez chicago. Readers who were moved and horrified by hotel rwanda will respond even more. Human rights through film amnesty international uk.

Paul rusesabagina, a manager at a belgianowned luxury hotel in kigali, rwanda s capital, is as skilled at pleasing the hotel s mostly white guests as he is at currying favor with the rwandan army officers who frequent the hotel bar and the local. Most of us take the nice, soft life we live for granted. The reallife story of a hotel owner taking a stand to save hundreds in the midst of a massive genocide. Based on actual events of the rwandan genocide, this haunting film follows horrific events as seen through the eyes of paul rusesabagina. Like it or not, these insects are, if nothing else, are biological success stories. Nov 30, 2008 ive read the book that they based hotel rwanda, and ive seen blood diamond, i like the book better than the movie. Located in kwazulu natal, there are several tours and resorts located in this region. Hotel rwanda, the film about the genocide, is cited as an example of a. His reallife story inspired terry george to make this powerful and dramatic film. I believe that i have a responsibility to not purchase conflict diamonds because i dont want to support the businesses that cause so much cruelty. We all know movies like last king of scotland with leonardo di caprio, blood diamond, hotel rwanda, the english patient, the constant gardener, goodbye bafana, and evergreen classics out of africa and gorillas in the mist. Apr 10, 2015 wow, hard to touch, it was nearly a flawless film.