|L’affaire Chebeya,crime d’Etat ?
Thierry Michel • Be • 2011
90’
Lingala/Fr st/ond Fr/Nl • Hors/Uit Comp
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 3 June 2010, Floribert Chebeya, a well-known human rights activist, was found murdered in his car. Although crudely made to seem like a sex crime, it quickly became apparent that he was assassinated by the henchmen of the Congolese chief of police, General Numbi. Floribert's funeral on the eve of the 50th anniversary of national independence was marked by large demonstrations. Five months later, a mega-trial began in a Kinshasa military courtroom....
This documentary is being presented as a sneak preview at Festival des Libertés and will be followed by a discussion with Thierry Michel (filmmaker, journalist and photographer. From coal mines to Belgian prisons, from Brazil to Iran and sub-Saharan Africa, Thierry Michel has always spoken out against misery and appalling conditions around the world, sometimes combining fiction and reality. His many internationally recognised, award-winning films include Mobutu, King of Zaire, Congo River and Katanga Business).
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