ABC News Nightline Heart of Darkness: The Democratic Republic of Congo
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DVD: Region Code 1Format: NTSC
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-18
Studio: ABC News
DVD Reviews of ABC News Nightline Heart of Darkness: The Democratic Republic of Congo
DVD Review: Just a portion of Africa's agony unveiled: the Congo(DRC)
Summary: 4 Stars
The DVD portrays the suffering of subSaharan Africa, this one being confined to the Congo and some of its neighboring countries such as Rwanda. The Congolese civil war claimed more lives than all other conflicts around the world but little to no attention was paid by the international society.The same callous society that did very little to nothing to the Rwandan genocide of 800,000 people or more in the space of 3 months. Ted Koppel's documentary is worth watching. The effects of war and postwar on the African peoples are portrayed quite vividly with the brutality,devastation and hopelessness these conflicts have caused. Yet it certainly gave rise to some heroes of incredible courage and self sacrifice such as those exemplified by the Italian Catholic priest who despite grave warnings deliberately plunged himself into the heart of the conflict to protect the community of Shabunda from that brutality at the risk of his own life. Not to ignore the unselfish efforts of some Congolese men and women in caring for the needs of starving children many of whom are abandoned. Hopefully,to those who are not aware of the current African scene,this DVD may serve as an introduction to the tragedies engulfing this beautiful continent, not only limited to the Congo but also the multitude of African states below the Sahara desert: Sudan,Sierra Leone,Nothern Uganda,Liberia,Angola,Zimbabwe just to name a few. Perhaps we have been too saturated with the uncontrollable conflicts in the Middle East that we have been ignoring or unaware of the pitiable agony of this gigantic remarkable continent so rich in natural resources but so poor of serious international attention.
(It could have been 5 stars if the DVD provided more coverage of child soldiers in the Congo's civil war. This abominable practice of training, brainwahing and drugging children as young as 8 yrs old to become soldiers is also practiced by other Third World counties, but it appears to be more prevalent in Africa). That put aside,I highly recommend watching this DVD.
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