FILM

OUR IMAGE and the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) present a special One Night Only Free screening of SOMETIMES IN APRIL (runtime 140 minutes). Location:  S.HA.P.E. Community Center.

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 film focuses on the almost indescribable human atrocities that took place through the story of two Hutu brothers--one in the military, one a radio personality(Idris Elba, from The Wire) --whose relationship and private lives were forever changed in the midst of the genocide.

The film zeroes in on the second-guessing of the international community, which largely stood by while the horror was unfolding.

Written and directed by Raoul Peck, SOMETIMES IN APRIL 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.