Kongo
Nobody ignores the power of witchcraft in Brazzaville’s neighbourhoods. The invisible world orchestrates the visible world. Apostle Médard’s mission is to fight which doctors who destroy people’s lives. To achieve this goal, he seeks to increase his power and earn more prestige. Until the day he publicly accuse him of being a witchdoctor as well.
While studying Anthopology, Corto Vaclav discovered the work of Jean Rouch and immediately developed a passion for Africa and cinema. He then approached the Ethnographic Film Committee of Paris for which he worked for two years.
Assistant to Philippe Garrel for ten years, Hadrien La Vapeur then directed and produced experimental films in Super 8. Fascinated by the Congolese lifestyle where people cohabitate with spirits, in 2015 he began the long journey of his documentary Kongo.
Rough cut
72 min
90 min
Expédition invisible / Corto Vaclav, Hadrien La Vapeur
Autoproduction - funding by the directors
Expédition Invisible - Paris, France / Corto Vaclav - expedition.invisible@gmail.com
