Katanga Business Belgium 2009 | 120 min | OV | Colour | FF 2009
Thierry Michel
THIERRY MICHEL , born in 1952, Belgian director and documentarist for both TV and cinema. His many fi lms include“Hiver 60” (1982), “Kids from Rio” (1990), “From the Grass Roots” (1990), “The Last Colonials” (1995), “Donka, X-ray of an African Hospital” (1997), “Mobutu, King of Zaire” (2000), “Iran, Veiled Appearance” (2002) and “Congo River” (2006)rated for 0 + years
Thierry Michel portrays the bitter struggle over precious natural resources such as cobalt, ore, wolfram and copper in the Congo. Governor Moïse Katumbi, “a capitalist-populist mixture of Silvio Berlusconi and Hugo Chávez”, is at loggerheads with Chinese and Western investors. It is the poorest of the poor who suffer most from this economic colonialism. The workers fall victim to the police, political cronies, corruption and global greed of gain.SUPPORTED BY
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Original title: Katanga Business
Film type: Documentary Feature
Original language: French
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Language and subtitles: OV
Director: Thierry Michel
Screenplay: Thierry Michel
Cast:
Producer: Christine Pireaux
Director of Photography: Michel Téchy
Music: Marc Hérouet
Production Design:
Editor: Marie Quinton
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Format: 35 mm
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Production: Les Films de la Passerelle
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