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2005 1 h 23 min
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Le cinéaste Paul Cowan signe un court métrage documentaire unique sur la situation politique de la République démocratique du Congo grâce à son accès privilégié et sans précédent aux coulisses de l’ONU. Tourné en 2003, après cinq ans de guerre civile et déjà trois millions de victimes, son film pose des questions essentielles sur la violence, la paix, le rôle et le pouvoir des Nations Unies.

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Le cinéaste Paul Cowan signe un court métrage documentaire unique sur la situation politique de la République démocratique du Congo grâce à son accès privilégié et sans précédent aux coulisses de l’ONU. Tourné en 2003, après cinq ans de guerre civile et déjà trois millions de victimes, son film pose des questions essentielles sur la violence, la paix, le rôle et le pouvoir des Nations Unies.

This work contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
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    Paul Cowan
    Claude Cardinal
  • direction
    Paul Cowan
  • picture
    Paul Cowan
  • editing
    Hannele Halm
  • sound
    Craig Lapp
  • original music
    Jean Mallet
  • voice
    Christian Brendel
  • producer
    Adam Symansky
  • delegate producer
    Éric Michel
    Paul Saadoun
  • archival management
    Elizabeth Klinck
  • documentalist
    Elizabeth Klinck
    Bonnie G. Rowan
  • research advisor
    Virginie Millière
  • supplementary footage
    Andrew Harding
    Phil Davies
    Craig Lapp
    Albert Liesgang
    Isabelle Abric
  • supplementary sound
    Lawrence Loewinger
    Roger Phenix
    William Tzouris
    Merce Williams
  • location manager
    Issac Ngwenza
  • sound editor
    Claude Chevalier
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
    Shelley Craig
  • digitizing
    Phyllis Lewis
    Mirenda Ouellet
  • HD conversion
    Mathieu Desbiens
    Denis Bergeron
  • titling
    Benoît Chagnon
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • administration
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • administration - assistance
    Brigitte Couture
    Isabelle de Bellefeuille
    Luce Gonthier
    Daniel Gosselin
  • executive producer
    Joanne Carrière
  • translation
    Florence Martin-Kessler
  • adaptation
    Florence Martin-Kessler
  • production team
    Danièle Borg
    Fabien Boutron
    Catherine Frebourg
    Marie-Christine Gely
    Malik Menaï
    Sandra Moella
    Véronique Rabuteau

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Education

Ages 11 to 17
School subjects

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.