"Cheadle Visits 'Hotel Rwanda' for 1st Time"

[GreenPartyVoter]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Don Cheadle has finally visited "Hotel Rwanda." The 40-year-old actor toured the Hotel des Milles Collines in Rwanda's capital Kigali last month, speaking with several of the more than 1,000 people who were sheltered there during the country's 1994 genocide by manager Paul Rusesabagina, the character portrayed by Cheadle in the film.

"All of their experiences were the stuff of epic films - things they had to go through in those 100 days," Cheadle told The Associated Press in an interview this week. "It was amazing."

Cheadle, who earned an Oscar nomination for "Hotel Rwanda," had never seen the hotel because last year's film was shot primarily in South Africa. Through the movie, however, he developed a new passion for the vast continent.

"I felt drawn to that area, and felt drawn in any way I can to bringing attention to the place, and any way that I can," he said.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050822/D8C4RQOO5.html

[democracyindanger]

1. Great film, but I thought "Sometimes in April" was better.

Just my opinion.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Do you know, I have yet to see either?

[democracyindanger]

3. Shame!

;)
Both are available on DVD now ("Sometimes" was an HBO flick). I suggest watching "Sometimes" first--"Hotel Rwanda" at least has somewhat of an uplifting ending.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I will tell hubby to keep an eye out for them