Sometimes in April
starring: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero, Fraser James
directed by: Raoul Peck
directed by: Raoul Peck
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WINGER,DEBRA
EAN: 9780783134802
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783134800
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Running Time: 140 minutes
Sales Rank: 6386
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2005
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Set against the backdrop of the genocide of Rwanda's Tutsi people by the Hutu nationalists, explores the delicate relationship between two Hutu brothers whose lives are forever changed by the actions of their countrymen.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 10-MAY-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
A clear-eyed look at the Rwandan genocide is offered in Sometimes in April, a frank take on the 1994 slaughter that claimed upwards of 800,000 lives. Some overlap with Hotel Rwanda is inevitable, and this HBO feature does have similarities, but without the strong suspenseful storyline of Hotel. Its protagonist (the strong Idris Elba, from The Wire) pieces together the past tragedy from the perspective of a decade-later war-crimes tribunal, where his brother is on trial. It's hard to know which is less bearable--the depiction of atrocities, such as mass murder at a girls school, or the second-guessing of the international community, which largely stood by while the horror was unfolding. (Like Hotel Rwanda, this film zeroes in on the U.S. government's distinction that 'acts of genocide' occurred in Rwanda rather than 'genocide,' a Joseph Heller-like absurdity.) The plain style of director Raoul Peck, shooting on location in Rwanda, works for the subject; his film Lumumba was also a direct, blunt account of a tragedy in Africa. The approach doesn't work as well in the U.S. scenes, which feature Debra Winger as a concerned official; these just look clumsy. But the subject itself remains worthy of close attention. --Robert Horton
Average Rating: 
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- I was hoping for moreThis movie was about the geoncide in Rwanda in 1994. It follows the story a hutu soldier married to ... Read More
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- Graphic yet grippingI had purchased this review after hearing a Relevant magazine podcast where the magazine editor had ... Read More
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- Powerful and CompellingWhile we were watching O.J. Simpson's white blazer on the News, the genocide was going on in Rwanda. ... Read More
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- What can I sayYou watch this and you cry. Such inhumanity seems impossible. One has to believe in a "higher power," ... Read More
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- Powerful movie.You know what was truly amazing about this movie was that they showed what was being viewed on the TV ... Read More
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