Films with: Pireaux, Christine

Donka radioscopie d'un hôpital africain /

This film follows daily life in the largest public hospital in Conakry, Guinea. Donka Hospital typifies the financial crisis affecting the entire African health sector. Without assistance from governmental or international relief agencies and compelled to develop its financial autonomy, the hospital practices a paying-as-you-go health care policy designed to cover running costs. This financial strategy is applied at a high social and human cost, as access to treatment diminishes for many Guineans, compromising the very notion of public health services.

DVD 8937

Mobutu, roi du Zaire

"The definitive visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years. Drawing upon 140 hours of rare archival material found in Kinshasa, and 50 hours of interviews with those once close to him, it tells the story of the man at the heart of Central Africa's post-colonial history"--Container.

DVD 4009