ENC: Cahier Africain

The Bioscope is proud to welcome back The Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival.

Tickets R55

Cahier Africain (2016)

Directed by: Heidi Specogna 

119min

A devastating film sparked by a school exercise book containing 300 courageous testimonies of Central African women, girls, and men, a record of the trauma suffered at the hands of Congolese mercenaries between October 2002 and March 2003. Filmed over seven years Cahier Africain follows both the progress of the exercise book as it makes its way to a vault at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, and the quiet desperation of the women who display extraordinary courage. Just as the pages of the exercise book bore witness to their experiences, so too does this film bear witness to a country torn apart by war and coup d’états. Specogna travels courtesy of Swiss Films and will attend screenings in CT