Downstream to Kinshasa
En Route Pour Le Milliard

Synopsis

In 2000, the town of Kisangani became the epicentre of a war between Uganda and Rwanda that lasted six days. Two decades later, the tragedy is a faded memory in the country’s history. Now, the survivors— mostly orphaned, widowed or suffering from permanent disabilities—are seeking their rightful compensation, enduring a treacherous journey along the Congo River to the capital Kinshasa for a chance to be heard.

Downstream to Kinshasa is an emotive work of memory from one of the most prolific voices in Africancinema.Through creative interpretation and unobtrusive yet dynamic camerawork, Dieudo Hamadi’s raw and impassioned story about those abandoned by the government became the first Congolese film to be selected at Cannes Film Festival.