The Porters

The Porters

Not Rated
2022•32 min•Documentary
Wokeness Score: 0.0/10Not Woke

Woke Reasons

No wokeness reasons yet. Be the first to rate!
Documentary
0 Reviews
Some kids in Brussels play a game based upon objects that were brought back from the Congo and which were used during the Hutereau expedition.
Sign in to unlock reactions and edit your reviews. Sign in

Submit Your Review

1 = "Not Woke"10 = "Very Woke"

More Like This

King Leopold's Ghost
Movie
Not yet rated

King Leopold's Ghost

DocumentaryHistory

2006

The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast country into his private estate (1885-1908) and how he plundered the land and raped the bodies and souls of its defenceless inhabitants, causing countless victims; and what exactly is the true impact of this often forgotten story of crime and horror today.

0 reviews
Africa Blood and Guts
Movie
Not yet rated

Africa Blood and Guts

DocumentaryHistoryWarHorror

1966

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

0 reviews
The Congolese Rainforests: Living on Borrowed Time
Movie
Not yet rated

The Congolese Rainforests: Living on Borrowed Time

Documentary

2010

In June 2010, French actress Marion Cotillard spent a week in the heart of the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo with members of Greenpeace France and Greenpeace Africa. She delivers in video a strong testimony on the looting of Congolese forests which benefits a few industrial groups, often European.

0 reviews
The Vocation
Movie
Not yet rated

The Vocation

Documentary

1974

Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th century. The story of his father Gustav Natanael Nykvist is told through his own photos, letters, and films. Director & cinematographer: Sven Nykvist. Narrators in the English dubbed version: Liv Ullmann & Sean Connery. Produced by Ingmar Bergman (Cinematograph AB). Digitally restored in 2022.

0 reviews
Bonobos: Back to the Wild
Movie
Not yet rated

Bonobos: Back to the Wild

DocumentaryDramaFamily

2011

The critically important work by renowned naturalist Claudine Andre to save the endangered bonobo apes of the Congo is presented in this visually stunning feature film.

0 reviews
Enjoy Poverty
Movie
Not yet rated

Enjoy Poverty

Documentary

2009

An investigation of the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch artist Renzo Martens single-handedly undertakes an epic journey and launches an emancipatory program that helps the poor become aware of what is their primary capital resource: Poverty. After three years of traveling through the Democratic Republic of the Congo he asks the question: "Who owns poverty?

0 reviews
Burnt Earth
Movie
Not yet rated

Burnt Earth

Documentary

1934

A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditions of Africans during the colonial era.

0 reviews
Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
Movie
Not yet rated

Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

Documentary

1930

As if they were showing their film to a few friends in their home, the Johnsons describe their trip across the world, which begins in the South Pacific islands of Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, the Solomons (where they seek and find cannibals), and New Hebrides. Thence on to Africa via the Indian Ocean, Suez Canal, North Africa, and the Nile River to lion country in Tanganyika. (They are briefly joined in Khartum by George Eastman and Dr. Al Kayser.) Taking a safari in the Congo, the Johnsons see animals and pygmies, and travel back to Uganda, British East Africa, and Kenya.

0 reviews