Posts Tagged ‘Congo’
Congo films hit pay-dirt in South African theaters
Two films about the Congo are playing in South Africa, and they are packing the houses. One is about Patrice Lumumba, a former prime minister of Zaire, and the other about Mobutu, a three decades dictator of Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The movies and the stories behind them are fascinating of themselves. Why they are packing the theaters in South Africa simply adds flavor to that fascination. Read the rest of this entry »