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MSPIFF40 Audience Choice Winner - Images of Africa
About the Film
20 years after the devastating Six-Day War, a battle between Rwandan and Ugandan forces that was part of the larger Second Congo War, a group of survivors journeys down the Congo River, seeking compensation that has been promised them for years.
Focusing on these nine citizens of Kisangani, which was caught in the middle of this deadly battle, director Dieudo Hamadi continues his cinematic focus on his native Congo. The citizens of Kisangani were maimed by the heavy shelling and gunfire. But they’re on the rebound, using musical theater to express their pain, sorrow, and even joy. Now they are demanding the financial compensation from the government that has been promised them and journey down the Congo River to get it. “[A]rresting in content and especially vital as a commentary on contemporary African society, human rights and disability issues.” --Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily
Director Biography
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Born in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dieudo Hamadi studied medicine for three years before becoming a filmmaker. He is the director of the features Atalaku (2013), National Diploma (2014), Mama Colonel (2017), Kinshasa Makambo (2018). Downstream to Kinshasa (2020) was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival.
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