Sometimes in April | 
| Director: Raoul Peck
Actors: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero, Fraser James
Studio: HBO Home Video
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 9052
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Kinyarwanda (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HBOD92748D
ISBN: 0783134800
UPC: 026359274824
EAN: 9780783134802
ASIN: B0007R4SYU
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2005
Release Date: May 10, 2005
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Product Description
In april 1994 one of the most heinous genocides in world history began in rwanda. Over the course of 100 days an estimated 800000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by hutu nationalists against their tutsi countrmen. This tells the story of 2 hutu brothers & how their lives changed forever. Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 05/06/2008 Starring: Debra Winger Noah Emmerich
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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
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 I was hoping for more June 18, 2008
Rhett D. Sorensen (Provo, Ut USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This movie was about the geoncide in Rwanda in 1994. It follows the story a hutu soldier married to a tutsi woman. It flashes from past to present quite a bit and it can be confusing at times. The story is a bit long winded for my tastes and I actually found myself becoming bored at times. I much prefer Hotel Rwanda or the National Geographic documentary. Both of those were riveting IMO and this just lacked something. Nevertheless, it is still a decent movie worth watching at least once. Some people really liked it, so maybe I am just being overly critical of the film right now.
Graphic yet gripping May 31, 2008
Michael Benjamino (Edison, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had purchased this review after hearing a Relevant magazine podcast where the magazine editor had traveled to Rwanda. In the interview the editor, Cameron Strang had commented on how the local people in Rwanda had said that if they had to pick a movie that told their story, they would choose 'Sometimes in April'. Hotel Rwanda was good, but it did not accurately capture the character that Don Cheadle played. The main factor missing, which Hollywood inserted, was genuine compassion for the people that he was saving.
This was truly an excellent movie produced by HBO films and Raoul Peck. Movies like these need to be made to give voice to the voiceless who are victimized and so that we here in the West, can learn from the mistakes made in the past, so that future generations will never ever let something like what happened in Rwanda occur again.
The genocide occurring in Darfur has such chilling parallels, but at least the people there don't have to shame the rest of the world into action to provide help. There we have a chance to stop genocide as it is actually occurring.
I would totally recommend this film, for those that want to see a movie that will challenge them, and leave an imprint on them to become advocates for the voiceless.
Powerful and Compelling May 27, 2008
Michael J. Denk (Northfield, OH)
While we were watching O.J. Simpson's white blazer on the News, the genocide was going on in Rwanda. This film captures the obsurdity of how something so drastic can happen and be ignored in our world. It is an absolutely gripping film.
What can I say January 21, 2008
Franny2001 (Little Elm, TX USA)
You watch this and you cry. Such inhumanity seems impossible. One has to believe in a "higher power," one has to hope...in order to survive.
Powerful movie. January 5, 2008
Nicholas L. Smith (Battle Creek, MI USA)
You know what was truly amazing about this movie was that they showed what was being viewed on the TV here in the United States. Yes, I know that we cannot and should not police the enitre world. This I am aware of, however, watching the 15-25 second news and then watching 15 minutes on the suicide of Kirk Cobain really hit home to me for some odd reason. I feel we should have been more informed and more compassionate about this. Well that is my two cents of this movie. If you want to shed some tears I would recommend to you this film.
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