Kinshasa, May 12, 2025 (AFP) - Dieudo Hamadi, from DR Congo trauma to Cannes film jury

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2025-05-12

Congolese director Dieudo Hamadi sees his selection on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival jury as "recognition for a career" spent chronicling the traumas of his native Democratic Republic of Congo. Across his 15-year career, Hamadi has won acclaim for his films grappling with both the DRC's decades of conflicts and the corruption, which together form an inescapable part of Congolese daily life. Yet the man from Kisangani -- scene of a momentous clash......

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