The High Price of Gold / Wysoka cena złota

Running time: 15'

GBR 2012, 15’

A documentary brings us face to face with women from the province Orientale in the Democratic Republic of Congo. If we stay, we have to listen: to how many times, for how long, and how the women and their small daughters have been raped; what they go through afterwards at the hands of their husbands, the community; to stories of murdered husbands, gold, and justice. Their men speak last. In Congo the situation has been unstable for years. The rebels (offenders against the village farmers), supported by neighbouring countries, get rich from the illegal mining of natural resources, mainly coltan – which is used in electronics, weaponry and space travel (the UN forbade its excavation because of the civil war) – and the proverbial gold. In some eastern regions people live on 18 cents a day.

 

Authors:

  • Ross Domoney

    Ross Domoney is a freelance filmmaker and photographer from the UK who is currently based in Athens. His documentary work focuses on social/human rights issues, modernisation, character studies and the effect of political protest on cities, authorities and underground movements. Ross studied at the London College of Communication, completing a degree in photojournalism and went on to study filmmaking at the Metropolitan Film School. He has won awards for his documentaries and photographs including Short Cuts and Primecuts film festival. His work has been published by the Guardian, TimeOut, Discovery Channel, Channel 4, the Wall Street Journal, and has been recognised by the BBC.

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