HE IS AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND AGAINST CONDITIONS IN HIS HOME COUNTRY
OF RWANDA, HIS ACTIONS DURING
THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE EARNED HIM
A PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF HONOR.
>> HIS HEROIC EFFORTS TO SAVE
LIVES DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE
HOTEL RWANDA PAUL RECESS UP
AGAIN AHEAD ACTUALLY MOVED HIS
FAMILY OUT OF RWANDA AND THEY
ENDED UP HERE IN SAN ANTONIO,
AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS MAKING A
HOME HERE HE WAS STILL AN
OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF RWANDA’S
DICTATOR, GIVING SPEECHES ALL
OVER THE WORLD
THAT IS WHY HE WAS TRICKED INTO
GETTING ON A PLANE HE THOUGHT
WAS GOING TO BRUNI
BUT HE WAS INSTEAD TAKEN TO
RWANDA PUT ON TRIAL
AND JAILED HE STILL SITS IN A
RWANDAN
JAIL TONIGHT. IN TONIGHT’S KSAT
Q AND A HOUSE SAN ANTONIO CAN
SUPPORT PAUL RECESS TO
AND HOPEFULLY HELP IN FREEING
HIM HIS DAUGHTER ON EAST CAN
AMBA IS OUR GUEST TONIGHT ON
KSAT Q AND A ON A E’S THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
SPEAK TO US TONIGHT. WHAT DO
YOU WANT. WHAT DO YOU WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR
FATHER AND
HE WAS CONVICTED IN RWANDA.
HE’S IN JAIL.
BUT HOPE IS NOT LOST CORRECT.
THIS IS SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY A COMPLICATED STORY AND IMAGINING WHAT YOUR FATHER IS
GONE THROUGH WHAT YOUR FAMILY
IS STILL GOING THROUGH.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TO
TALK WITH YOUR FATHER IF SO HOW
WAS HE DOING AT THIS POINT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY THIS IS A SITUATION THAT’S PLAYING OUT OF
RWANDA, WHAT CAN I
I AS THE SAN ANTONIAN AS UH
SOUTH TEXAN DO TO HELP. YOU
HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
>> HOW EXACTLY WILL THE MONEY RAISED BE USED, I MEAN WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR
HOSTING AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
>> HOW HARD IS BEEN ON YOUR FAMILY AND WHAT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE
EVEN THOUGH RWANDA WAS YOUR
FATHER’S HOME COUNTRY THAT SAN
ANTONIO IS HOME FOR YOUR FAMILY
AS WELL.
>> YOUR HEART IS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I IMAGINE A BIG PIECE OF IT IS ALSO IN RWANDA
WITH
YOUR FATHER THINKING ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT HE IS GOING I’M
GLAD WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR TIES
TO SOUTH TEXAS.
BUT WHAT BROUGHT YOUR FAMILY
HERE WHY IS SAN ANTONIO.
THE PLACE THAT YOU ALL CALL
HOME NOW.
>> YEAH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOTEL RWANDA AGAIN IF WE CAN PUT UP WHAT’S HAPPENING ON
THURSDAY THEY’RE GOING TO SHOW
THE 2004 MOVIE HOTEL RWANDA
DON CHEADLE PLAYED PAUL RECESS
UP IN THE MOVIE IF YOU REMEMBER
IT AND HE BASICALLY SAVED MORE
THAN 100 PEOPLE FROM THE
RWANDAN GENOCIDE AND KEPT UP
THE PRESSURE ON RWANDA TO BE
BETTER AND BE
MORE DEMOCRATIC AND THAT IS
RIGHT NOW FINDS HIM IN THIS
FIND SOME IN THE SITUATION THAT
HE’S IN RIGHT NOW I USE I WANT
TO GIVE YOU THE FINAL
WORD HERE, SOMEBODY IS AT HOME,
THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT COMING
TO THIS THING ON THURSDAY, WHAT
WOULD YOU TELL THEM.
>> EAST CONDEMN BUT DAUGHTER OF PAUL RECESS, A BIG ENOUGH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TO SHARE YOUR FAMILY’S STORY
AND WE WISH ALL THE BEST OF
LUCK WITH THE EVENT ON
THURSDAY.
>> AND AGAIN IF YOU’RE
WONDERING WHERE LEGACY PARK IS