Downstream to Kinshasa (2020)

Directed by

Dieudonné Hamadi

Genre

documentary film

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Survivors of the Six-Day War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo travel by river to Kinshasa. They hope to demand compensation from their government for losses suffered during the conflict.

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What happens

Downstream to Kinshasa (French: En route pour le milliard) is a documentary film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, directed by Dieudo Hamadi and released in 2020. The film centres on survivors of the DRC's Six-Day War of 2000, many of whom are travelling to Kinshasa to demand compensation from the government for the losses they incurred during the conflict. The film was officially selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, the first film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ever designated, with its English title initially given as The Billion Road. Due to the cancellation of the festival in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in France, it was not screened at that time; however, it was given an online screening for distributors as part of the Marché du Film. It had its public premiere in September 2020 as part of the Planet Africa program at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Amplify Voices Award. It was subsequently screened at the Dok Leipzig festival in October. Among other awards, the film also won Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize at FIFDH 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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