Question War Film Series - this Sunday

"Hotel Rwanda"
Sunday, May 1
2 pm
Downtown Library, second floor
Always free

This is from Kris Abbey, who is organizing a special screening for the Question War Film Series.

Eleven years ago, the world watched while hundreds of thousands of Rwandans lost their lives because of genocide. Many swore then that NEVER AGAIN would such atrocities occur. But today in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Sudanese peoples are experiencing the horror of genocide. An estimated 300,000 men, women and children – most of whom are non-combatants – already have lost their lives. Acts of horrifying brutality including the systematic rape of women and girls and a scorched-earth policy engineered by the Sudanese government have caused thousands to flee, but not necessarily to safety. Starvation ultimately may claim more victims than the Janjaweed militia’s “atrocity battalions.”

Don Cheadle, nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the movie “Hotel Rwanda” and Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager Cheadle portrayed in the film, recently traveled to Darfur to experience first-hand how the horrors portrayed in the film are replaying themselves in real life. They are committed to stopping the carnage. You can help them.

The “Prevent Hotel Darfur” campaign provides individuals with tools for making change. The campaign theme, “Not On My Watch,” highlights our individual responsibility for taking action when we are able.

Please attend this special showing of “Hotel Rwanda” in Amarillo this Sunday. Learn what you can do to help halt the killing in Darfur.