Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte), who's in charge of ... A startlingly effective and upsetting political melodrama, "Hotel Rwanda" -- which is based on a true story and was directed by a Westerner ...

In the much-lauded Hotel Rwanda, it seems that unnecessary ... from the leads to corrupt officials to Nick Nolte's powerless UN Colonel Oliver, are believable.

In 1994, nearly 1 million people were systematically slaughtered in the small African country of Rwanda while no nation ... His efforts are aided by Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte), a U.N ...

In reckoning with a film like “Hotel Rwanda” it’s necessary to ... Nick Nolte‘s Canadian Colonel Oliver tells him, “You’re worse than a nigger. You’re African.” ...

Peter Raymont's documentary, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, chronicled the despair of the U.N., sent to Rwanda as ... role of Canadian UN Col. Oliver, a composite ...

At the Milles Collines Hotel in Rwanda, a man named Paul Rusesabagina did everything he could to prevent the massacre of his family, friends and as many other refugees and orphans as he could fit ...