Congo in Four Acts
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Hope Has A Name (2017)
In urban America, the bush of Africa, the war zone of the Congo, and in closed nations there are women who are living outside their own cultures,...
Forest of the Dancing Spirits (2013)
“In the beginning, women lived apart, unaware of the existence of men. Until one day, when the first woman, Toli, who was brave and adventurous...
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies (2020)
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies offers an enjoyable, rough-edged glimpse into the music scene of Kinshasa, with impromptu shots drawing the viewer into...
Africa Addio (1966)
A documentary about the end of the colonial era in Africa, portraying acts of animal poaching, violence, executions, and tribal slaughter.
Enjoy Poverty (2009)
An investigation of the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch...
The Congolese Rainforests: Living on Borrowed Time (2010)
In June 2010, French actress Marion Cotillard spent a week in the heart of the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo with members of...
The Porters (2022)
Some kids in Brussels play a game based upon objects that were brought back from the Congo and which were used during the Hutereau expedition.
Kisangani Diary (1998)
Along an overgrown rail track south of the Zairean town Kisangani, a UN expedition together with a handful of journalists discover “lost”...
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War. In 1960, the UN became...
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet (1991)
Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba, who was Prime Minister of Zaire (now Congo) when he was assassinated in 1961.
The Rumba Kings (2021)
In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African...
Africa in Pieces: The Tragedy of the Great Lakes (2000)
April, 1994. Genocide in Rwanda. 800,000 dead. A catastrophe that upset the balance in the entire region. The Great Lakes region of Africa ended the...