Tears of Kongo

Dir. Lenka Klicperova and Lenka Sipkova, Czech / English subtitles, 2009

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Wed 28 July 2010 // 19:30 / Cinema

Documentary film captures the ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Kongo. The movie shows not only the reason of this war, that is exploration of natural resources as coltan - inevitable material for mobile phone or notebook - but also the consequent impact of this business on the local kids and women who have been raped and slaughtered during these years of war. This documentary is made by two Czech journalists Lenka Klicperova and Lenka Sipkova who are also the founders of the non-profit organization FemiSphera. FEMISPHERA: Tears of Kongo http://www.femisphera.com/index.php?page=projekty&jazyk=en&projekt=1

Two members of non profit organization Femisphera Olga Šilhová and Lenka Klicperová organized a journalistic trip to Democratic republic of Congo in November 2008. The main goal of the trip was to publish photographic, textual and also film material about the problematic of mass rape in the eastern part of the above mentioned country. The war aimed mainly at the enomic interests has been raging there over ten years.

The civil war in Democratic republic of Congo claimed approximately four milion lives since its beginning. It is one of the most tragic and forgotten conflict in the world. Besides the dead the war chooses its victims also among the women and children, who are being brutally raped every day. Not only the members of the militia contribute in such crimes, but also the Congolese soldiers committ these terrible acts. Every man is an enemy, who has be feared. The physical injury goes along with psychic trauma and social stigma, which usually results in rejection of the own family or a husband. 

+ b-day party afterwards 31+25=56 (jungle theme, lion is the king!)