Downstream to Kinshasa
Dieudo Hamadi • 2020
Downstream to Kinshasa
Downstream to Kinshasa
Dieudo Hamadi • 2020
Premio Euganea Film Festival - miglior film
The director shows how the wounds of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still open, making the survivors protagonists and capturing their great dignity. It is a tenacious film, full of energy, that honours the survivors without ever lingering in compassion.
Synopsis
For two decades, the victims of the Six-Day War in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been fighting in Kisangani for the recognition of this bloody conflict and demanding compensation. Tired of unsuccessful pleas, they have finally decided to voice their claims in Kinshasa, after a long journey down the Congo River.
Biography and filmography
KINSHASA MAKAMBO (75’ – 2018) World Premiere : Berlinale (Panorama) MAMA COLONEL (72’ – 2017) World Premiere : Berlinale (Forum) NATIONAL DIPLOMA (90’ – 2014) International Premiere : TIFF (Canada) ATALAKU (62’ – 2013) World Premiere: Cinéma du réel (Paris) LADIES IN WAITING « Congo in 4 Acts » (24’ – 2009) World Premiere : Berlinale (Forum)