Congo in four acts / produced by Djo Tunda wa Munga & Steven Markovitz ; Suka! Production

Published:: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2010]
Physical Description:: 1 streaming video file (70 min.) : digital, sound, color
Additional Creators:: Tunda Wa Munga, Djo, Markovitz, Steven, Hamadi, Dieudo, Wa Lusala, Divita, Siku, Kiripi Katembo, Suka! Productions, and Icarus Films

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Language Note:

In French and other unidentified languages with English subtitles.

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Contents:

Ladies in waiting / directed by Dieudo Hamadi & Davita Wa Lusala (24 min.) -- Symphony Kinshasa / directed by Kiripi Katembo Siku (15 min.) -- Zero tolerance / directed by Dieudo Hamadi (17 min.) -- After the mine / directed by Kiripi Katembo Siku (14 min.).

Summary:

A quartet of powerful, hard-hitting short films that lay bare the disturbing reality of everyday life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ladies in waiting: In a run-down maternity hospital, a ward of women who recently had babies wait to be allowed to leave. The problem? They cannot pay their hospital fees. A long-suffering manager must negotiate collateral with them so that they will return and pay in full.
Symphony Kinshasa: A hard-hitting tour through Congo's capital city which uncovers the consequences of graft, neglect and poverty in Kinshasa's imploding infrastructure.
Zero tolerance: Rape as a weapon of war has had much press, most notably in the recent Congo wars. Less discussed is the legacy it has left behind; a desensitized acceptance of the abuse of women at the hands of criminals, opportunists and most worryingly, ordinary men. This film follows the arrest of a group of youths who attack a woman.
After the mine: Kipushi is a mining town, one of thousands keeping Congo's elite in extreme wealth. But for those who live in the shadow of its toxic fallout, it is a very different life, one where tainted water and contaminated soil are realities. This film tells the very personal stories of those trapped in such a deadly environment.

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Ladies in waiting
Symphony Kinshasa
Zero tolerance
After the mine

Interest Grade:

9 and up.

Note:

Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: SUKA, c2010.

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