Democratic Republic of the Congo Movies

  • 2022
    Marlene

    Marlene

    Marlene

    02022HD

    Barbara Marcel runs a film workshop at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Kinshasa. Starting with a discussion of the film The Lion Has Seven Heads by...

    Marlene
  • 2023
    Omen

    Omen

    Omen

    6.32023HD

    Between Brussels, Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, Augure borrows from magic realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and...

    Omen
  • 2022
    I am Chance

    I am Chance

    I am Chance

    02022HD

    I am Chance follows the microcosm of a group of street savvy girls in the surprisingly bright, pop and artistic megacity of Kinshasa. Astute, sassy...

    I am Chance
  • 1974
    The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

    The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

    The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

    01974HD

    George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of...

    The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
  • 2019
    Kinshasa Beta Mbonda

    Kinshasa Beta Mbonda

    Kinshasa Beta Mbonda

    02019HD

    A dozen or so young percussionists bring music to Barumbu, a poor neighbourhood of Kinshasa. They are the Beta Mbonda, former members of the Kuluna...

    Kinshasa Beta Mbonda
  • 1987
    Life Is Rosy

    Life Is Rosy

    Life Is Rosy

    6.11987HD

    A young man with dreams of pursuing a career in music moves form his small village to the capital. Along the way he falls head over heels for a...

    Life Is Rosy
  • 2023
    Speech for a Melting Statue

    Speech for a Melting Statue

    Speech for a Melting Statue

    02023HD

    On the soundtrack, poet Marie Paule Mugeni reads a speech prepared for the day on which the colonial statue of King Leopold II will be definitively...

    Speech for a Melting Statue
  • 2016
    City of Joy

    City of Joy

    City of Joy

    7.52016HD

    The Democratic Republic of Congo has endured 20 years of devastating violence. Rape has been used as a weapon of war to destroy community and access...

    City of Joy
  • 2019
    Zombies

    Zombies

    Zombies

    6.12019HD

    A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban...

    Zombies
  • 2022
    Empire of Silence

    Empire of Silence

    Empire of Silence

    8.22022HD

    For 25 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been ravaged by a war that has largely been ignored by the media and the international community....

    Empire of Silence
  • 1994
    The king, the cow, and the banana tree

    The king, the cow, and the banana tree

    The king, the cow, and the banana tree

    01994HD

    Mweze Ngangura takes us to his native region, Ngweshe, one of he six Bushi kingdoms in the province of Kivu, in Eastern Zaïre. In this region of...

    The king, the cow, and the banana tree
  • 2021
    The Cost of Cobalt

    The Cost of Cobalt

    The Cost of Cobalt

    02021HD

    In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...

    The Cost of Cobalt
  • 2022
    Tozoom

    Tozoom

    Tozoom

    102022HD

    Tozoom site Africa conceals treasures that ignite the imagination of travellers, but also that of all... Who has not dreamed of this magical...

    Tozoom
  • 2018
    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

    62018HD

    The Congolese-Belgian artist Baloji looks at Congolese pygmy wedding traditions.

    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit
  • 2024
    Never Look at the Sun

    Never Look at the Sun

    Never Look at the Sun

    02024HD

    Ancestral patterns combined with modern prejudices and stigma explain skin bleaching.

    Never Look at the Sun
  • 2022
    We, Students!

    We, Students!

    We, Students!

    6.52022HD

    Nestor, Aaron, Benjamin and Rafiki are economics undergraduates at the University of Bangui. Navigating between the overcrowded classrooms, the petty...

    We, Students!
  • 2023
    Lumumba, return of a hero

    Lumumba, return of a hero

    Lumumba, return of a hero

    02023HD

    61 years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba returns to his country. "Congo returns to Congo" as one of his children said. Lumumba was a...

    Lumumba, return of a hero
  • 2000
    Article 15A

    Article 15A

    Article 15A

    02000HD

    In Kinshasa, rumor has it that the constitution includes 14 articles. And in order to face the increasing poverty of the people, politicians who have...

    Article 15A
  • 1990
    The Toad Who Visits His In-Laws

    The Toad Who Visits His In-Laws

    The Toad Who Visits His In-Laws

    01990HD

    Rooted in the oral tale recounted by the Tetela in Sankuru, Democratic Republic of Congo, this story explains how it came to be that the Fox ate the...

    The Toad Who Visits His In-Laws
  • 2025
    Flash Drive

    Flash Drive

    Flash Drive

    02025HD

    Flash Drive