Sometimes in April Raoul Peck Digital Life DVD

Sometimes in April
starring: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero, Fraser James
directed by: Raoul Peck

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
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: 6300
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2005

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Description:
(Drama) In April 1994, one of the most heinous genocides in world history began in the African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of 100 days, an estimated 800,000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen. This harrowing HBO Films drama focuses on the almost indescribable human atrocities that took place a decade ago through the story of two Hutu brothers--one in the military, one a radio personality--whose relationship and private lives were forever changed in the midst of the genocide. Written and directed by Raoul Peck, (HBO Films' Lumumba) the movie is the first large-scale film about the 100 days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide to be shot in Rwanda, in the locations where the real-life events transpired.

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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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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- I was hoping for more
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.

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- Graphic yet gripping
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.

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- Powerful and Compelling
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.

Rating:

- What can I say
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.

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