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Atalaku

  • Atalaku
Genre : Political
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2013
Format : Feature
Running time : 62 (in minutes)

During the Congo's 2011 presidential campaign, a pastor sells his services as a street entertainer to the candidate who makes the best offer.

An insider view into Congo's 2011 presidential elections. Gaylor, a struggling pastor, has sold his services to the highest paying candidate. As Gaylor attempts to mobilize voters in Kinshasa's gritty streets, filmmaker Dieudonne Hamadi's lens is in the fray, never missing a beat. The atmosphere is charged, and Gaylor comes face to face with the Congolese people's discontent. When elections finally do arrive, the nation's vast poverty besieges the polls, plunging a suspect electoral process into chaos.

Dir. Dieudonné Hamadi

Congo DR, 2012. 62 min., documentary

In French and Lingala with English subtitles

Summary for official catalogues

During the Congo's 2011 presidential campaign, a pastor sells his services as a street entertainer to the candidate who makes the best offer.

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