Sub-Saharan Africa

Cinema of Democratic Republic of the Congo

6 films · 4 directors · 1991 to 2017

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Virunga

Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla.

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