There will be a public screening of an award-winning feature film from the Auroville Film Festival 2022. It will be screened on Thursday, June 16 at Cinema Paradiso, Town Hall from 8pm onwards.
AMUKA
2021, DR Congo, Documentary, Feature, French, Swahili, 1hr 11min
The Democratic Republic of Congo could feed almost 1 in 2 people on Earth. Agriculture accounts for 70% of the population there. Yet one in six Congolese people suffer from hunger, and one in two Congolese suffers from moderate acute malnutrition.
Faced with this paradox, the peasants regroup in agricultural cooperatives. A handful of them share their daily lives with us and that of all those they represent. Even if they don’t know each other, live thousands of hundreds of kilometers from each other, participate in different agricultural sectors, their voices resonate in this powerful, sensitive and sincere documentary.
La République Démocratique du Congo pourrait nourrir près d’1 personne sur 2 sur Terre. L’agriculture y représente 70% de la population. Pourtant un congolais sur 6 souffre de la faim. Pourtant un congolais sur 2 souffre de malnutrition aiguë-modérée.
Face à ce paradoxe, les paysans se regroupent en coopératives agricoles. Une poignée d’entre eux nous partagent leur quotidien, celui de tous ceux qu’ils représentent. Même s’ils ne se connaissent pas, vivent à des milliers de centaines de kilomètres les uns des autres, participent à des filières agricoles différentes, leurs voix résonnent dans ce documentaire puissant, sensible et sincère.
Awards/Screenings:
- Winner Jury Prize Best Documentary, Riviera International Film Festival 2022, Genoa, Italy
- Screenings at: Le Grand Bivouac Film Festival Albertville, Golden Tree International Documentary Festival 21 Paris France, Mediterranean Film Festival Bosnian Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ekofilm International Film Festival, among many other International Festivals around the world.
Director: Antonio Spanò
Writer: Virginie Messiaen
Producer: Benjamin Stienon
Cast: Biaba Aba Ramazani, Colette Lungu Bunga, Chantal Mbunba Badianga, Eugenie Bitsibu, Augustin Kaberuka Semunkima
