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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 4-6, 2005 The Park Record C-6 KUED airsfilmon gpnodde "/// the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. " - Martin Luther King, Jr. capacity for cruelty, "Sometimes in April" is an epic slory of courage in Ihe face of daunting odds, as well as an expose of the West's inaction as nearly a milIn April 1994, one of (lie most lion Rwandans were being killed. heinous genocides in world hisThe plot focuses on two Hutu lory began in Ihe African nation hrothers - one in the military, of Rwanda. Over the course of one a radio personality - 100 days, close to one million embroiled in the 1994 conflict people were killed in a terrifying between the Hutu majority {who purge by Hutu nationalists had ruled Rwanda since 1959) against their Tutsi countrymen. and (he Tutsi minority, who had "Sometimes in April," a harrow- received favored treatment when ing HBO Films drama set during the country was ruled by (hal massacre, airs on K U E D - Belgium. Channel 7 Wednesday. May 4 at The protagonists (both 9 p.m. Hut us) are reluctant soldier The drama focuses on the Auguslin Mugan/a (Idris Elba), almost indescribable human married to a Tutsi woman and atrocities that look place a father to three, and his brother decade ago. It is Ihe first large- Honore (Oris Erhuero), a popuscale film about the 100 days of lar public figure espousing Hutu the 1994 Rwandan genocide to propaganda from a powerful pulbe shot in Rwanda in the loca- pit: Radio RTLM in Rwanda. tions where Ihe real-life events The drama is set in two peritranspired. ods which unfold concurrently: Both an edge-of-lhc-seat In April 1994. after the Hutu begins a systematic thriller and a chilling reminder Army of m a n 's incomprehensible slaughter of Tut sis and more moderate Hutus. Alfgustin and a fellow Army officer named Xavier. defying their leadership, attempt to get their wives and children to safety. Separated from his wife and their two sons (whom he entrusts lo the care of his reluctant brother). Auguslin gels caught in a desperate struggle lo survive. Barely escaping the purge, he's haunted by questions about what happened lo his family. In 2004. looking for closure and hoping to siarl a new life with his girlfriend Mart inc. Auguslin visits the United Nations Tribunal in Aruslia. where Honore awaits trial for the incendiary rok- he and other journalists pknv.l in the genocide. In the eml. ilirough an emotional meeting v.iih Honore, August in learns die details of his family's fate. ^i\'in•_:. him closure and. perhaps, hope for happiness in the future. "Sometimes in April" airs on KUliD-Channe/ 7 Wednesday, May .4 at 9p.m. 5 'Hitchhiker thumbs way to top LOS ANCJELES (AP) "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" thumbed its way to Ihe top of the box office, debuting at $21.7 million to beat out the explosive "XXX" brand. Ice Cube's action laie "XXX: Slate of the Union" opened a weak third with $13.7 million, according lo studio estimates Sunday. "XXX" came in behind the previous weekend's lop movie. "The Interpreter," starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. which slipped lo No. 2 with $14.2 million, lifting its 10-day total to $43.A million. Hollywood's pre -summer slump continued, with overall revenues down for the 1 Otlist raigh I weekend. The top 12 movies grossed $84.8 million, off 10 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Mean Girls" and "Man on Fire" led the box office. Adapted from the first of the late Douglas Adams' comically philosophical books about the nature of our big. old goofy uni- verse, "Hitchhiker's Guide" follows the adventures of an ordinary Brit who catches a ride with aliens moments before Earth is destroyed to make way for an interstellar bypass. Adams' books have been cull favorites for decades, but the movie's mix of cheeky humor, oddball ideas and singular visuals clearly hooked a mainstream audience. Reviews were mixed, some critics calling the movie a fitful gag reel that sapped the essence of Adams' wilty prose and others finding it a refreshing dose of whimsy and irreverence. "Obviously. the thought process of ihe public was, "That looks interesting. I want to see it. It's fresh and looks different.'" said Chuck Viane, head of distribution for Disney, which released "Hitchhikers Guide." Critics soundly trashed the new "XXX" flick, but they also disliked Vin Diesel's original, which did more than three limes the business over opening weekend than the followup. What went wrona? "I wish I could say." said Rory Bruer. head of distribution for " X X X " studio Sony. "Certainly, we're disappointed. because it's a film we all believed in. We have Ice Cube, who is a big star, and I think he's one of those rare actors who really can do just about anything- So I really don'l know." Ice Cube, previously known for the R-raled "Friday" movies and the saucy " B a r b e r s h o p " comedies, broadened into the family market with (his year's hit "Are We There Yel?" But the absence of Diesel may have undermined ihe movie's appeal, while fans may not have bought into rapper Ice Cube as an action hero. 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