Kinshasa Makambo (2018)

Directed by

Dieudonné Hamadi

Genre

documentary film

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Qatar, France, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo organize protests against the president in 2016. The film follows their personal struggles and risks as they push for political change.

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What happens

Kinshasa Makambo is a documentary film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, directed by Dieudo Hamadi and released in 2018. The film centres on three young Congolese democracy activists who were involved in the 2016 protests against president Joseph Kabila. The film premiered on February 18, 2018, at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. The film won the Tim Hetherington Award at the 2018 Sheffield DocFest, and the True Vision Award at the 2018 True/False Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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