The Peacekeepers
In this documentary, Paul Cowan delivers unprecedented access to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping, and the determined and often desperate manoeuvres to avert another Rwandan disaster, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). The film cuts back and forth between the United Nations headquarters in New York and events on the ground in the DRC. We are with the peacekeepers in the 'Crisis Room' as they balance the risk of loss of life on the ground with the enormous sums of money required from uncertain donor countries. We are with UN troops as the northeast Congo …
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In this documentary, Paul Cowan delivers unprecedented access to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping, and the determined and often desperate manoeuvres to avert another Rwandan disaster, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). The film cuts back and forth between the United Nations headquarters in New York and events on the ground in the DRC. We are with the peacekeepers in the 'Crisis Room' as they balance the risk of loss of life on the ground with the enormous sums of money required from uncertain donor countries. We are with UN troops as the northeast Congo erupts and the future of the DRC, if not all of central Africa, hangs in the balance. As Secretary General Kofi Annan tells the General Assembly at the conclusion of The Peacekeepers: "History is a harsh judge. The world will not forgive us if we do nothing." Whether the world's peacekeeper did enough remains to be seen.
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directorPaul Cowan
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photographyPaul Cowan
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writerPaul Cowan
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editorHannele Halm
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soundCraig Lapp
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original musicJean Mallet
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narratorKaren Feiertag
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producerAdam SymanskyPaul Saadoun
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executive producerÉric Michel
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archival managementElizabeth Klinck
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stock shot researchElizabeth KlinckBonnie G. Rowan
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research consultantVirginie Millière
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additional cameraAndrew HardingPhil DaviesCraig LappAlbert LiesgangIsabelle Abric
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additional soundLawrence LoewingerRoger PhenixWilliam TzourisMerce Williams
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location managerIssac Ngwenza
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translationClaude Dionne
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subtitlesClaude Dionne
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sound editorClaude Chevalier
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mixingSerge BoivinShelley Craig
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digital editing technicianPhyllis LewisMirenda Ouellet
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image processingMathieu DesbiensDenis Bergeron
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HD conversionMathieu DesbiensDenis Bergeron
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titlesBenoît Chagnon
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online editorDenis Pilon
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post-production co-ordinatorClaude Cardinal
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administration of productionMaryse Chapdelaine
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administration assistantBrigitte CoutureIsabelle de BellefeuilleLuce GonthierDaniel Gosselin
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associate producerJoanne Carrière
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production teamDanièle BorgFabien BoutronCatherine FrebourgMarie-Christine GelyMalik MenaïSandra MoellaVéronique Rabuteau
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documentary unitThierry GarrelPierrette Ominetti
Pre-teach
the geography and recent history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Discuss the role of The United Nations as peacekeepers and nation-builders
throughout the world, looking at its development and history, successes and
failures. Class discussion should centre around the general idea of
peacekeeping with its inherent risks and rewards.