A highly-immersive, unfiltered look into one of the longest conflicts in the world, and the people surviving within it.

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Filmmakers: Daniel McCabe
Year: 2017
Runtime: 52", 91"
Country: DRC / United States / Canada / Qatar
Format: HD

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STORY

This is Congo is a highly-immersive, unfiltered look into one of the longest conflicts in the world. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen more than five million conflict-related deaths, multiple regime changes and the wholesale impoverishment of its people in the past two decades. This is Congo immerses the viewer onto the frontlines of battle with key players including a whistleblower and military commanders to provide a truly unfiltered and unique look into the conflict plaguing Congo.

PRESS

"A documentary of stunning beauty and tragic violence" - Screen Daily

"Beautiful and disquieting" - Variety

"Brilliant and tragic, This Is Congo will break your heart." - Hammer to Nail

"This film is a masterpiece" - Unseen Film

★★★★★ - The List

★★★★★ - Camden New Journal

★★★★ - Time Out

"An immersive and captivating film" - Playlist

"An engrossing heartbreaker of a doc" - LA Weekly

FILMMAKER

Daniel McCabe is a New York based photographer and director. His work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera and CNN among others. This is Congo is Daniel’s first feature-length documentary.