This is Congo

  • 1hr 31m
  • 75

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Director:

Daniel McCabe

Producer:

Joslyn Barnes, Thomas Brunner, Alcira Cappola

Release Date:

Jun 29, 2018

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

THIS IS CONGO provides an immersive and unfiltered look into Africa's longest continuing conflict and those who are surviving within it. By following four compelling characters - a whistleblower, a patriotic military commander, a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor - the film offers viewers a truly Congolese perspective on the problems that plague this lushly beautiful nation. Colonel 'Kasongo', Mamadou Ndala, Mama Romance and Hakiza Nyantaba exemplify the unique resilience of a people who have lived and died through the generations due to the cycle of brutality generated by this conflict. Though their paths never physically cross, the ongoing conflict reverberates across all of their lives.

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80
Jun 28, 2018

This Is Congo is an angry film, yet one which is never blinded by its anger. McCabe offers no solutions – the UN Peacekeeping Force are rounded on at one point by furious locals – and no grounds for optimism. Yet even in its attempts to understand and to communicate that understanding, there is a defiance against the easy fallback of despair.

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Metacritic review by John Bleasdale
John Bleasdale
CineVue
90
Jun 28, 2018

McCabe stands apart not just for the impressive technical virtuosity of his filmmaking or his unblinking focus on the tragedy of the Congo, but for his refusal to chalk it up to generalized Third World chaos. Things happen for a reason, this devoutly humane but studious documentary argues, and until those reasons are dealt with, they will continue.

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Chris Barsanti
Film Journal International
75
Jun 28, 2018

McCabe’s goal for his film is to show the chaos objectively and thus not take sides or betray the reality of just how corrupt this fight proves. He places hubris, dignity, fear, and courage onscreen—raw and unfiltered.

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Metacritic review by Jared Mobarak
Jared Mobarak
The Film Stage
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