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Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The / Switzerland, August 2020
FILM, Experimental, 6 min.

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directed by
David Shongo
Status
In distribution

Climate change, the upheavals and socioeconomic inequalities caused by the the world economic powers’ control and excessive exploitation of spaces and bodies in his country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, are David Shongo’s points of departure for this film. Using the photographic archives of Hans Himmelheber (1938-39) and the hunting songs of Léon Verbeek as timeless devices and bearers of testimony, the film questions the psychoepistemology of globalization and its strategic device, technology.

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World Premiere
August 2020
Original Version
6 min.
Production
1960 Studios, Museum Rietberg
Producer
David Shongo, Nanina Guyer
directed by
David Shongo
Editing
David Shongo
Music
David Shongo
Production Design
Hadassa Ngamba

Cast

Mardochée Okiteke
Fabrice Nzadaï

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