Sometimes in April
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| Directed by | Raoul Peck |
| Produced by | Daniel Delume |
| Written by | Raoul Peck |
| Starring | Idris Elba Oris Erhuero Carole Karemera Debra Winger |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
| Cinematography | Eric Guichard |
| Editing by | Jacques Comets |
| Distributed by | HBO Films |
| Release date(s) | February 17, 2005 |
| Running time | 140 min. |
| Country |  France United States |
| Language | English, Kinyarwanda |
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Sometimes in April is a 2005 historical drama television film about the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, written and directed by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. The ensemble cast includes Idris Elba, Oris Erhuero, Carole Karemera, and Debra Winger.
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[edit] Story
The story centers around two brothers: Honoré Butera, working for the hate-mongering Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, and Augustin Muganza, a captain in the Rwandan army (who was married to a Tutsi woman, Jeanne, and had three children with her: Anne-Marie, Yves-André, and Marcus), who bear witness to the killing of close to 1,000,000 people in 100 days while becoming divided by politics and losing some of their own family. The film depicts the attitudes and circumstances leading up to the outbreak of brutal violence, the intertwining stories of people struggling to survive the genocide, and the aftermath as the people try to find justice and reconciliation.
[edit] Discussions
Although this film originally aired on HBO, it was later broadcast by PBS and followed with a panel discussion by journalist Jeff Greenfield. Paul Bonerwitz is one of the speakers.
In contrast to Hotel Rwanda, which was rated PG-13 and had most of the genocide violence rather subtlely implied than explicitly shown (a decision that was slightly controversial, but nevertheless effective), this film was noted for being more gruesome and graphic portrayal of the violence, ostensibly making it darker and more disturbing, yet astonishing which gave it a TV-MA rating.
[edit] See also
- Hotel Rwanda, a 2004 film dealing with the genocide that centers around the Hôtel des Mille Collines, a location also seen in Sometimes in April.
- Shooting Dogs, a 2005 film centered around the Ecole Technique Officielle in Kigali
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