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Film tip of the week: Award-winning Stop Filming Us pushes you to face Western prejudices

When Congo comes up for discussion, chances are you immediately think of murderous fighting groups, poverty and disease. But aren't these simply the stereotypes that pop up in other African countries as well? And how do the Congolese themselves feel about not escaping that victimisation label in the Western media?

Joris Postema faces these and many more questions with an open mind in Stop Filming Us. A documentary that comes off as an uninhibited exploration. A lively investigative verse...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

When Congo comes up for discussion, chances are you immediately think of murderous fighting groups, poverty and disease. But aren't these simply the stereotypes that pop up in other African countries as well? And how do the Congolese themselves feel about not escaping that victimisation label in the Western media?

Joris Postema faces these and many more questions with an open mind in Stop Filming Us. A documentary that comes off as an uninhibited exploration. A lively investigative verse...

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