Saturday, February 21 • 4:30pm 

Le sang et la boue (Of Mud and Blood)
Jean-Gabriel Leynaud, H264, 90 min
France / Congo (DRC), 2025 (French, Swahili, English)

Best International Documentary, 2025 Durban International Film Festival
Midwest premiere

Numbi, a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo mountains, lies at the heart of our modern world. Here, workers mine the coltan that will find its way, legally or not, into much of our technology. For decades this grey gold has been the cause of bitter conflicts and exploitation. Every inhabitant lives with the illusory hope of enjoying for themselves the riches of the Congo. Shocking and deeply moving, the film reveals the hardships and trials of a story from which we must not look away.

Co-sponsored by UWM Student Involvement, the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Office of Sustainability

Talkback with Lindsay Frost (Office of Sustainability)