Sometimes in April

On the Friday before midterm, we began to watch a movie called Sometimes in April, an American movie about the Rwandan Genocide. We watched it with Emnet, but we didn't have time to watch the whole thing. From what I have seen so far, I think it's a brilliant movie. I never really knew about the Rwandan Genocide before this, and so as well as being a really good movie, its quite educational! Every so often in the movie, statistics come up saying something like "Day 1.. 8,000 People Killed". The genocide was truly horrific, and I think the movie really captures that. It changes time frame between the 90's when the Genocide was going on, and 2003/4 when the consequences of the Genocide were still fresh, and the people who played a part in it were being brought to justice. The movie follows a man called Augustin who is separated from his family in the Genocide. He last saw his wife and his two sons as they drove away from their family home with his brother Honoré. His daughter who was away in boarding school when the fighting broke out, was killed. It then shows Augustin over ten years later, with his new partner Martine who is pregnant. He receives a message from his brother Honoré who he has not seen since he drove away with his family, asking him to come and visit him in prison. Honoré is under trial for his participation in the Genocide through his radio broadcasts, which encouraged the Hutus to join in the fight against the ruling minority tribe, the Tutsis. We still haven't finished watching the movie, but so far I am really enjoying it, and I can't wait to find out what happened to Augustin's wife Jean and their two sons.