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Heart of the Congo / a Moira Productions film in association with Dateline Productions ; written, directed & produced by Tom Weidlinger ; Lillian Lincoln Foundation.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Refugees--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Refugees.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--Social conditions.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Social conditions.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1997-.
- History.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--1960-.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title of French language version: Au coeur du Congo
- Subtitle on VHS container: Rebuilding life in the face of war
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with parts in an undetermined African language with English or French subtitles and voiceovers.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In the heart of the Congo, at the end of a war, a handful of aid workers help refugees who have lost everything. They mobilize villagers to dig wells for clean water, train health workers, and nurse children with acute malnutrition back to health. They are confronted with threats of violence from roving militias, systemic corruption, and a legacy of colonial dependency. And there are times when it is very clear that these workers exist apart from those they aim to help, benefiting from services and luxuries of the modern world that are beyond the reach of the rural Congolese. In spite of this the Congolese and European aid workers struggle to encourage the will of the people, and build the skills necessary, for a self-sufficient future.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Tom Weidlinger.
- Credits:
- Editor, Maureen Gosling ; original music, Ed Bogas, Guillermo Galinda.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Lillian Lincoln Foundation, ©2004; previously released in 2005.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-heart Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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