Sometimes in April Plot Summary

SOMETIMES IN APRIL stars Idris Elba (HBO's "The Wire") and Debra Winger (Oscar
nominee for Shadowlands, Terms of Endearment and An Officer and a Gentleman) as former
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Prudence Bushnell. Other cast members include
Pamela Nomvete, Carole Karemera, Oris Erhuero, Fraser James and Noah Emmerich.

As it follows a Hutu family torn apart by the genocide, the film also explores the world's
response to the atrocities and the Rwandan struggle to find justice and accountability 10
years later.

SOMETIMES IN APRIL is set in two periods, which unfold alternately. In April 1994, Hutu
soldier Augustin (Elba) defies the Hutu army leadership and tries to move his wife (who is
Tutsi) and family to safety. When Augustin is separated from them, he is caught in his own
desperate struggle to survive, haunted by questions about what happened to his loved ones.

In April 2004, seeking resolution and hoping to start a new life with his girlfriend Martine
(Nomvete), Augustin visits the International Criminal Tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania, where his
brother, Honore (Erhuero), is awaiting trial for the "bloodless" role he and other journalists
played in the genocide. In the end, Augustin discovers the fate of his family and finds a
measure of hope for the future.

In telling Augustin's story, SOMETIMES IN APRIL also outlines the role of Bushnell (Winger),
who is frustrated and saddened by her inability to persuade her own administration to
intervene as the crisis begins to escalate. The U.S. government is determined to avoid
"another Mogadishu," referring to the "Black Hawk Down" incident, when 18 American soldiers
were killed in Somalia.

Even after some 620,000 Rwandans have been killed, a U.S, government official states that
while "acts of genocide have occurred," a designation of "genocide" itself has not been given;
this would necessitate a U.N. intervention.

By the time the U.S. decides to act, it is much too late. By day 100 of the genocide, more
than 800,000 people have been killed.