Stop Filming Us

Name: Stop Filming Us
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 14, 2021
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Bernadette Vivuya, Gaïus Kowene, Ganza Buroko, Juny Sikabwe, Ley Uwera

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Juno Films | Release Date: May 14, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bernadette Vivuya, Gaïus Kowene, Ganza Buroko, Juny Sikabwe, Ley Uwera, Mugabo Baritegera, Td Jack Muhindo

Summary: Based on the struggle of young people in Goma (Northeastern Congo) against the prevailing Western reporting about war and misery, Stop Filming Us investigates how these Western stereotypes are the result of a skewed balance of power. Stop Filming Us creates a cinematic dialogue between Western perceptions and the Congolese experience ofBased on the struggle of young people in Goma (Northeastern Congo) against the prevailing Western reporting about war and misery, Stop Filming Us investigates how these Western stereotypes are the result of a skewed balance of power. Stop Filming Us creates a cinematic dialogue between Western perceptions and the Congolese experience of reality. While the Congolese perspective becomes increasingly clearer in the film, questions arise about the perspective of the film itself; is a white director able to make a film about the new Congolese image or is it primarily a story created by his own Western perspective?… Expand

Director: Joris Postema

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Devika Girish

May 19, 2021

Postema’s interlocutors respond with candid critiques, but the director’s self-flagellation feels increasingly empty — less a reckoning with neocolonialism than a toothless display of white guilt. His critical insights are thin, too. Read full review

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