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1) War Witch
Language
Lingala
Description
Forced into a rebel army during a bloody civil war, a young African girl with a unique gift finds hope for survival in a tender relationship with a fellow soldier. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for a **Film Independent Spirit Award** for Best International Film. Winner of two prizes at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. "*War Witch is a remarkably mature portrait that trusts its audience to have...
2) Lumumba
Language
Lingala
Description
From the director of I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO. Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck’s award-winning LUMUMBA is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state. Called "the politico of the bush" by journalists...
Language
Lingala
Description
Hundreds of young revolutionaries take to the streets of Kinshasa when Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, refuses to relinquish power at the end of his second term. Protests are met with violence, but the battle for free elections and democracy cannot be repressed.
4) Félicité
Language
Lingala
Description
Félicité is a proud, free-willed woman working as a singer in a bar in the Congo's capital Kinshasa. Her life is thrown into turmoil when her fourteen-year-old son gets into a terrible car accident. To raise the money to save him, she sets out on a breakneck race through the streets of electric Kinshasa.
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