Hotel Rwanda: Film Guide

Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda

Ages

11–16

Duration

Short (1-4 activities)

Related calendar events

World Humanitarian Day
19 August

A film guide that looks at Hotel Rwanda (2004), the true story of a man who risked his life to save over a thousand refugees who faced death in a tribal civil war in Rwanda in 1994.

This guide is useful for exploring topics including Citizenship, History and PSHE Education in addition to highlighting themes surrounding modern warfare, historical events, indigenous peoples, refugees and immigration, and African countries.

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This Resource Supports

  • Citizenship
  • History
  • PSHE Education

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