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- When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.
- In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.
- An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
- Attractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives.
- Seven mercenaries on a mission into Simba controlled Congo territory requisite with typical sterotypes.
- Fearless adventurer Ben Fogle embarks on his most extreme journey to date into the Congo, one of the most mysterious and perilous places on earth. He travels into the Congo's remote and rainforests to immerse himself with native tribes and culture.
- Wherever war breaks out, men with guns rape. During the decades of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo possibly hundreds of thousands of women and girls were brutally raped. In WEAPON OF WAR military perpetrators unveil what lies behind this brutal behavior and the strategies of rape as a war crime. An ex-rebel explains how he raped. Like for many ex-soldiers, starting a normal life again is a struggle filled with trauma. In an attempt to reconcile with his past, he decides to meets one of his victims in an attempt to obtain forgiveness. Captain Basima is working as a priest in Congo's army and confronts perpetrators of rape. He urges them to change. Just like he did.
- Jackson travels to remote villages in the war zones of the Congo to meet rape survivors, providing a piercing, intimate look into the struggle of their lives.
- A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Only then, family charges Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about some White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive.
- The ultimate series about Africa's most mysterious, dangerous and biggest river - the second biggest on Earth. The blood vessel of Africa's dark heart with Forest Elephants, Lowland Gorillas and never filmed underwater beasts.
- Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.
- An Air Force captain is assigned to find some missing top-secret microfilm.
- Three part documentary series looking at the natural history of the Congo.
- In Congo during the revolution, an Italian journalist is in love with the wife of a Belgian businessman.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
- The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the world's most resource-rich countries. A wide range of rare minerals can be found here in abundance, all commanding high prices in world commodity markets, but the DRC still remains one of the poorest countries in the world. For Bernard Kalume Buleri, fixer and musician, his country's history of turmoil is very personal; like most Congolese people, he and his family fell victim to the unending mineral based power struggle. Born in the year of his country's independence, he has lived through war and seen his homeland torn apart by violent looting and greed. His story is a damning testament, illustrating how nature's bounty, instead of being a blessing, becomes a deadly curse.
- Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.
- David and Roberto, a couple of journalists stationed in DR Congo, take refuge from the war in a shelter. There is hidden Badou, a frightened and friendly child interested in photography. Will this be their last coverage?
- Resource-rich Africa has been a feeding hand for many successful countries and businesses that have never really benefited the continent itself nor the majority of its people. First of a 3-film series, Congo: A Political Tragedy is a feature-length documentary chronicling the political history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the arrival of the first European settlers to the nation's struggle for independence. It offers the unique perspective of Congolese co-writers Patrick Kabeya and Mina Malu, as they document the history of a country that has so far mostly been told through the eyes of foreigners.
- The game is based on the movie Congo (1996) and follows the sole survivor from the first team that disappeared in the movie. Fight savage gray gorillas, headhunters and deadly jungle animals in this first person shooter for Sega Saturn.
- A shady corporation sends the player to Congo jungle to locate a diamond that might revolutionize telecommunications and find out what happened to the previous expedition led by Dr. Karen Ross.
- This is a story of post-colonial intrigue, incompetence and murder. This is the story of the Irish State involvement in Congo affairs as representatives of The United Nations Force. It is the story of what happened to the people of the Congo when they gained independence from Belgium in 1960. It is the story of the United Nations, faced with its first major crisis. It is the story of an Irish officer and his young soldiers stuck in the middle, as the people they came to protect tried to kill them.
- A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
- A documentary that examines whether a charity organized by Pat Robertson to aid Rwandan genocide refugees was a front for diamond mining.
- Set in the Belgian Congo, in 1959, the dawn of black rule. An African corporal rises to the highest office. An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Richard III."
- Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.
- A cabaret singer in a gay-owned Harlem speakeasy, seeking to reignite her man's fading interest, seduces the whole room, including his best friend.
- Narrated by Robert Powell, 'The Forgotten Children of Congo' was filmed over four weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo. From the remoteness of the Congo Basin, to the capital Kinshasa and the volatile Ituri Province in the East, this powerful and sometimes harrowing documentary focuses on the plight of the country's street children, many of whom were found to be involved in witchcraft, cannibalism and as child soldiers. Unlike many other documentaries filmed in volatile regions of Africa 'The Forgotten Children of Congo' managed to shoot extensively throughout the night and also capture an actual exorcism of a child at midnight in a remote region of the country.
- Three Europeans in the crisis zone of eastern Congo. They want to help, but their situation is complicated. Three personal perspectives on coexistence and cooperation between Europe and Africa - and the question: how helpful is the help of the West?
- CONGO: The Grand Inga Project chronicles kayak icon Steve Fisher as he and a team of the bravest and most talented paddlers on earth tackle a first descent of the Inga Rapids, a deadly stretch of whitewater in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- A love partner of the writer André Gide, as well as his travel companion in their journey to the French colonies of Central Africa, Marc Allégret decided to film their 11-month wandering in the exotic continent, though stripping away the element of adventure. Contrary to the newly established type of documentaries, such as Nanook of the North, that made use of suspense to permeate the action with epic qualities, Allégret, despite having no prior training in cinema, proved to be a pioneer by creating a strictly ethnographically-driven type of documentary. His camera's approach is tactful as he captures the glance of a privileged white man in a world of natural and spiritual purity, paving the way to a new cinema genre.
- Over five million people have died during the past decade as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few people are aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction that has occurred in this vast country deep in the heart of Africa. In the aftermath of this brutal war, children have endured the brunt of the suffering. This 67 minute film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in Kinshasa and confirms the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and child prostitution. The film also examines the efforts to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and orphaned children following the eruption of the massive Nyiragongo volcano, near the city of Goma in Eastern Congo. These heroic efforts are finally bringing some measure of hope and stability to the lives of the Congolese people.
- The film takes us from the mouth to the source of the second largest river basin in the world, that of the Congo River. All along its 4371 km, we discover places that have seen the turbulent history of this country
- 20 years of atrocities due to greed claimed the lives of over 6 million people in Congo. Milo Rau collects details from survivors and perpetrators. 3 trials were heard exposing one of the most horrific cases of inhumanity in world history.
- Amid threats of violence, corruption, and a legacy of colonial dependency aid workers help refugees who have lost everything. They seek to strengthen villagers' will, essential for a self-sufficient future. Heart of the Congo is a film about courage, perseverance and ways in which humanitarian aid makes a lasting difference.
- The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France as his motherland.
- Through a blend of documentary and cinema, we are invited to enter the world of Congo's cultural and natural heritage under the wing of Danièle Sassou Nguesso, born in Dakar. An aesthetic and poetic voyage across the wonders of her motherland; visiting Congo's famous 'sapeurs', wrestlers, musicians and of course, its youth, striking the miserabilist depiction of Africa's countries down in one sublime cinematic revelation of its human and landscape beauty.
- Documentary showing the struggles of the inhabitants--both human and animal--of what was then called the Belgian Congo.
- Portrait of Santerian priest Charles Guelperin.
- Professional basketball player, Serge Ibaka, returns to his home country of the Congo with the hope of helping a community rattled by violence.
- Seven cuts. Seven exile experiences. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil are reunited with their common history at Calijah, a small beauty salon in the Rio de Janeiro suburb that specializes in afro cuts. It is from there that Fernando "Pablo" Mupapa, the salon's owner and protagonist, cherishes and builds together his dream of an anti-imperialist revolution for his community. Narratives straight from the heart of Africa and that have a lot to teach about the powers that dominate the contemporary world. It's art, it's not art, it's a pamphlet, and it's art again.
- The upcoming election - by the end of 2016 - may determine the future of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After 15 years in power, president Kabila is no longer allowed to compete for election. However, the regime and the kleptocratic elite want to avoid the loss of power at all costs. This film documents the political situation prior to the elections and shows the ambivalent connections of government, UNO, development aid, mineral deposits and civil war. For over a decade only a view filmmakers dared to do such a comprehensive documentation about this country. Pictures of the local living situation are rare since the country is one of the most isolated and chaotic countries in the world. Writer and Director Dietmar Klumpp was investigating for this project over two years - six month of it in the Congo - and has won for his efforts the Bavarian TV Award 2016.
- Jean, an ex-colonial, and his girlfriend Nadia run the Congo Express bar, a meeting place for three different generations and their stories.
- DR Congo. While long-awaited elections are at hand, an independent radio station fueled by palm oil struggles to inform despite depletion of resources.