This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses close to Mobutu in Africa, Europe and the U.S. More than 950 hours of footage have been seen by the world. Among the 104 hours selected as the basis for this film, are 30 hours of archives recently discovered in Kinshasa and never before released. Completing these exceptional documents, are more than 50 hours of interviews with those close to the former president and the events surrounding his reign, conducted by the director in Kinshasa, Brussels, Paris and Washington. Like a vast historical puzzle, this film pieces together the tragic history of a country, and its self-styled leader - the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, "King of Zaïre".
A poetic tribute to writer, poet and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed alongsi...
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Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...
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This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conserv...
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A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) again...
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...
Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer ...
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Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives...
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