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Sometimes in April

Title:

Sometimes in April

Author:

Peck, Raoul.

Publication Information:

[United States] : Home Box Office : HBO Video, [2005]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Based on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where over the course of 100 days an estimated 800,000 people were killed in a terrifying purge by Hutu nationalists against their Tutsi countrymen.

General Note:

Originally produced in 2004 and broadcast by HBO Mar. 19, 2005.

Special features: audio commentary with writer/director Raoul Peck, conducted by Elvis Mitchell; Making "Sometimes in April" featurette; "100 days of Genocide" timeline; a Rwandan photo essay.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

Not rated.

Subject Term:

Genocide -- Rwanda -- Drama.

Tutsi (African people) -- Crimes against -- Rwanda -- Drama.

Hutu (African people) -- Rwanda -- Politics and government -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities -- Drama.

Genre:

Made-for-TV movies.