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Summary:

In the heart of the Congo, at the end of a war, a handful of aid workers help refugees who have lost everything. They mobilize villagers to dig wells for clean water, train health workers, and nurse children with acute malnutrition back to health. They are confronted with threats of violence from roving militias, systemic corruption, and a legacy of colonial dependency. And there are times when it is very clear that these workers exist apart from those they aim to help, benefiting from services and luxuries of the modern world that are beyond the reach of the rural Congolese. In spite of this the Congolese and European aid workers struggle to encourage the will of the people, and build the skills necessary, for a self-sufficient future.

Contributors:

Weidlinger, Tom , screenwriter, film director, film producer, narrator

Gosling, Maureen , editor of moving image work

Bogas, Edward , composer

Galinda, Guillermo , composer

Moira Productions

Dateline Productions

Bullfrog Films

Languages:

English
French

Language Notes:

In English and French with parts in an undetermined African language with English or French subtitles and voiceovers.

Alternate Titles:

Title of French language version: Au coeur du Congo
Subtitle on VHS container: Rebuilding life in the face of war

Subjects:

Humanitarian assistance — Congo (Democratic Republic)

Refugees — Congo (Democratic Republic)

Congo (Democratic Republic) — Social conditions

Congo (Democratic Republic) — History — 1997-

Africa, Sub-Saharan — History — 1960-

Since 1960

Refugees

Social conditions

Humanitarian assistance

Sub-Saharan Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Genres:

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Internet videos

Online media

History

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Performers:

Narrated by Tom Weidlinger.

Production Credits:

Editor, Maureen Gosling ; original music, Ed Bogas, Guillermo Galinda.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Lillian Lincoln Foundation, ©2004; previously released in 2005.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Audience:

Grades: 10 and up.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (57 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: bf-heart

OCLC Numbers:

987276134

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc00001145