Short Program 1: Congo Now

'Up at Night' - Watch Here

Director: Nelson Makengo

Documentary, 2019, 21 Min.

Time: October 16th - 31st

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Using three juxtaposed screens, filmmaker Nelson Makengo inserts viewers into Kinshasa on the night of a “load shedding” power cut. As the city’s inhabitants voice their challenges and demonstrate their own creative solutions, the sounds of a generator give way to a radio bulletin about the Inga hydroelectric dam, and former president Joseph Kabila speaks about his record.