LEADER 00000ngm 22005535i 4500 001 MWT14212960 003 MWT 005 20210824122401.0 006 m o c 007 vz czazzu 007 cr cna|||||||| 008 210813s2020 xxu095 e s vlfre d 028 42 MWT14212960 037 14212960|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|bfre|erda|cCtWisc 099 eVideo hoopla 245 00 Stop filming us. 264 1 [United States] :|bVideo Project,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla. 300 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 95 min.)) : |bsound, color 336 two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|2rda 347 video file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 508 Directed by Joris Postema. 511 1 Mugabo Baritegera, Ganza Buroko. 520 Can a Western filmmaker show anything of truth about the Democratic Republic of Congo? Or do their 'good intentions' only cause destruction and frustration? Three young artists from Goma resist the one-sided reporting that only reflect stereotypical images of war, violence, illness, and poverty - all results of years of Western domination. Journalist Ley Uwera, photographer Mugabo Baritegera, and filmmaker Bernadette Vivuya struggle to showcase their own experiences of life in Goma where the typical portrait of a non-functioning government along with a helpless population fit into the narrative driven by the 250 Western NGOs that dominate the local economy. Mugabo tries to show the beauty of life in the city while Bernadette attempts to finance a film about her vision of Goma's colonial past. Meanwhile, Ley works for a Western NGO and is constantly caught in an ideological battle to either work for the well-paid Western organization who inserts their own slant on a story or to work as an unpaid freelance reporter with more freedom to air her own opinions. The question then arises of whether a Western filmmaker can capture anything approaching truth about this complex country. Is the filmmaker part of the 'white savior complex'? Director Joris Postema grapples with these issues as he enters into open confrontations with the three local artists in his own attempt to bring mutual assumptions to the surface. The prejudices provide a deeper insight into the inequality of power that lies under the mechanism of Western imaging. 521 8 Not rated. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Postema, Joris. 600 10 Baritegera, Mugabo. 600 10 Uwera, Ley. 600 10 Vivuya, Bernadette. 650 0 Imperialism in motion pictures. 651 0 Goma (Nord-Kivu, Congo) 651 0 Congo (Democratic Republic)|xIn mass media. 651 0 Congo (Democratic Republic)|xDescription and travel. 700 1 Postema, Joris,|edirector,|escreenwriter. 700 1 Doolaard, Janneke,|efilm producer. 700 1 Jalvingh, Harmen,|escreenwriter. 700 1 Felix, Wiro,|d1959-|edirector of photography. 700 1 Minks, Patrick,|eeditor of moving image work. 700 1 De Wit, Harry,|ecomposer (expression) 730 0 hoopla (Digital media service) 914 MWT14212960