Stand With Congo: When Elephants Fight Screening and Discussion

#StandWithCongo’s When Elephants Fight is an award-winning documentary film that spotlights how the complicity of multinational corporations and corrupt politicians
threatens human rights globally and perpetuates the deadliest conflict since World War II in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Narrated and Executive Produced by Actor and Activist Robin Wright (House of Cards, Forrest Gump, The Princess and the Bride), this film guides the viewer through a history of exploitation of central Africa’s resources and the struggle for peace and dignity. The film explores what Joseph Conrad called the Heart of Darkness, illustrating the brutality of foreign and domestic spoilers in their quests for power and wealth amidst regional instability sparked by colonialism and entrenched since the Rwandan Genocide.

When Elephants Fight shares an unprecedented glimpse into the central African minerals.

trade worth trillions in USD. Viewers witness the illicit trafficking of minerals that feeds the global thirst for mobile devices and military technology. The film illustrates the billion-dollar mining concession deals bankrupting the Congolese state and undercutting the people of desperately-needed revenue for reforms in security, education, and health. Recent revelations from the Panama Papers demonstrate that shady business benefitting corporate and political elite is not limited to Congo.

Pizza and beverages will be served.

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