Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa

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Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa (2019)

Documentary, History · 47m

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.

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Cast

Crew

Director of Photography
Michael Onyiego
Editor
Stephen Beard
Producer
Becky Lipscombe, Peter Emmerson

Details

Release date
2019-01-05
Runtime
47m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC