2022 | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Documentary,Experimental,Short,Series

L'escale (The Stopover)

  • French 15 mins
  • Director | Nizar Mohamedali Saleh, Paul Shemisi, Anne Reijniers, Rob Jacobs
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | De Imagerie
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Filmmakers Paul Shemisi and Nizar Saleh travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany for the screening of their new film. During a layover in Angola, they're stopped at the airport because the airline doesn't trust their documents to be real. While Paul and Nizar think they are being led to a hotel, where they would stay until their flight back home , they are actually being taken to an illegal detention center.

The filmmakers' testimony - which offers an eye-opening insight into the impossibility of safe and carefree travel for Congolese artists - stands in stark contrast with the seemingly peaceful images of cloud formations passing by an airplane window.

travel airplane window Angola airport hotel
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