Sometimes in April
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- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 140 min
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Starring: Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, Pamela Nomvete, Oris Erhuero ... see all
- Director: Raoul Peck
- Plot: Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide.
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Compared to the theatrically released Hotel , Sometimes in April is grimmer, less focused, and more uncompromising.....this man's story, in which the past of 1994 and the present are intercut, is more ambiguous and tragic..... ... Full Review
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Immaculee Ilibagiza's religion-inflected autobiography, titled " Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust ," that tells of the author's return to spend Easter with her Catholic family in 1994 when the Tutsi massacre took place. ... Full Article
Focus Features to finance African shorts
latimes.com –
2008-06-25
Focus Features is giving a chance to African filmmakers with a $10,000 leg up on their next short. The boutique studio has established the Africa First Program, which will help finance short films made by native Africans and shot in... ... Full Article
The American Film Institute's AFI Awards nominees were recently announced for both television and movies (thanks Dave !), many of which I'm pleased to see listed. ... Full Article
Idris Elba: There are actors that are very established and have name value and Raoul had a problem with the fact that most of the actors the producers wanted weren't of African descent. ... Full Article
Back to the Future
villagevoice.com –
2005-01-04
Sometimes in April will air on HBO-and though "it's not TV," it's certainly not theatrical distribution. And that's the challenge of today-it is time not just for the message, but also for the indie film community to focus on how... ... Full Article
A decade since tribal extremists in Rwanda organised a blitzkrieg of ethnic killing while the world minced its words, the feature dramatisations are finally spilling out, aiming to remind us of evils hurriedly forgotten and lessons still unlearnt. ... Full Article