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Actress Ashley Judd is now recovering in a South African hospital after breaking her leg in multiple places during an expedition in the country of Congo.

Ashley Judd is recovering after breaking her leg in the Congo region of Africa.

Prince William is condemning the recent murders of park rangers in Africa.

Martin Dale ContributorNelson Makengo’s “Rising Up at Night” from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Omar El Zohairy’s “Feathers of a Father” from Egypt won the prizes for films in post-production in Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops, which is for projects from Africa and the Arab world.Documentary feature “Rising Up at Night,” produced by Rosa Spaliviero and Dada Kahindo, follows a community in Kinshasa as it attempts to restore its electricity supply.

Guy Lodge Film CriticPropped shakily over the lapping waters of Lake Maracaibo in the Caribbean-facing northeast corner of Venezuela, the tiny settlement of Congo Mirador is as tranquil as it is far-flung, but only the most obtuse of passing backpackers would describe it as idyllic.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentTopic, the fast-growing streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired North American streaming rights to Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ documentary feature debut, “Once Upon a Time in Venezuela.” The film, which explores the decline of the Venezuelan fishing village of Congo Mirador and, more broadly, the country’s complicated current political and social climate, made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Ben Affleck is showing off a COMPLETELY different look!

It’s been awhile since fans have seen Ben Affleck without a beard. Now he’s showing off his chiseled jaw and youthful good looks after a fresh shave.

Ben Affleck is debuting his new look while getting back to his old funnyman ways with bestie Matt Damon.

The Batman.Damon and Affleck were appearing as part of a fundraiser for the Eastern Congo Initiative and Water.org, and Damon couldn’t resist having a dig at his friend – who played Batman in 2016’s Batman v.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up for a good cause… and Ben‘s even debuting a new look in the video promoting the project!

PARIS -- A Congolese activist was fined 2,000 euros ($2,320) Wednesday for trying to take a 19th-century African funeral pole from a Paris museum in a protest against colonial-era injustice that he streamed online.The Paris court convicted Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza and two other activists of attempted theft, but the sentence stopped far short of what they potentially faced for their actions at the Quai Branly Museum: 10 years in prison and 150,000 euros in fines.Activists and defense lawyers

The DC Universe series Swamp Thing is having its broadcast debut tonight and we caught up with actress Maria Sten ahead of the premiere!

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHappy Friday everyone. Tom Grater here with the rundown of this week’s biggest international headlines from the worlds of film and TV.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Sentry, the George Clooney-supported investigative team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers, has published a report it says exposes North Korea’s exploitation of vulnerabilities in the DR Congo banking system to escape sanctions and access the global financial system.Clooney co-founded the org with John Prendergast and the actor donated $1M towards its work back in 2017.“Don’t think for a

The first kill on the new Showtime mystery We Hunt Together is a no-brainer. The victim, who dies instantly by a knife thrust into the base of his skull, is a would-be rapist who, were he to survive the night, would have gotten Baba (Dipo Ola), a former child soldier waiting for British immigration officials to grant him asylum, deported back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

racist abuse.Debora Kayembe, 45, has compared the racially motivated attacks she's suffered in the Midlothian town she lives in as 'like Alabama in 1964' - the epicentre of the US Civil Rights movement where black people were subjected to abhorrent racism.Single mum-of-two Debora, who lives in Bonnyrigg with her two teenage children, left her home in the Congo in 2005 after a backlash against her investigative work into a massacre of women and children put her life at risk.  She has forged a

“The Widow” on Amazon opposite Kate Beckinsale, playing her character’s presumed-dead husband who seemingly turns up in the Congo.

reports Cheshire Live.He tweeted a link this morning to a 2010 TrendHunter article about plans to build a gigantic biodome at the zoo, captioning it: "YZY team loves Proctor Matthews Architects ‘Africa Heart’ bio dome."The Heart of Africa bio-dome, dubbed the Eden Project of the north, was due to be the first phase of the £225m Natural Vision scheme however the plans were later shelved.The structure, which was planned to mimic the natural African rain forest habitats of the Congo, would have

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNearly a year after its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Anything is Possible – The Serge Ibaka Story will have its U.S. debut on Crackle on August 1.The feature-length documentary about the Congolese NBA star was produced by Vinay Virmani at LeBron James’ Uninterrupted Canada along with Jordi Vilà and Ibaka’s Ouenzé Entertainment.Ibaka, a power forward, played a key role on the Toronto Raptors’ championship team in 2019.

baby monkey on camera for the first time after it was born one-month ago.  The L ’Hoest’s infant came into the world at Edinburgh Zoo while the popular visitor destination was closed due to the pandemic.

Christopher Vourlias When the Six-Day War broke out in his native Congo two decades ago, documentary filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi—whose film “Downstream to Kinshasa” is the first Congolese film to be an official selection in the history of the Cannes Film Festival—was living in the Musicians’ Quarter in downtown Kisangani, “relatively untouched by the belligerent shells that clashed mainly in the outskirts of the city,” he tells Variety.But the devastating toll of that conflict between Ugandan and

The latest news update about the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio suggest that he along with director Barry Jenkins will adapt the documentary Virunga. The 2014 documentary Virunga, brings to light the topic of world's last mountain gorillas which are in Virunga National Park.

Oscar winner Barry Jenkins will team with Leonardo DiCaprio for Netflix's narrative adaptation of the Oscar-nominated documentaryVirunga. The 2014 doc, which was exec produced by DiCaprio, was directed byOrlando von Einsiedel and focuses on the conservation work of park rangers within the Congo's Virunga National Park as they battle to save the Congo’s mountain gorilla population.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLeonardo DiCaprio and Barry Jenkins and Netflix are collaborating on a movie version of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Virunga” about the battle to save the Congo’s endangered mountain gorillas.DiCaprio is producing with Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson for Appian Way, along with Joanna Natasegara for Violet Films.

TERVUREN, Belgium -- When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the king of the Belgians who held Congo as his personal property and may have been responsible for the deaths of millions of Congolese more than a century ago. Yet across Belgium, the monarch's name is still found on streets and tunnels.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAmid the health crisis, Cannes’s virtual Marché du Film has rejigged Cannes Docs as a digital-only event giving feature documentary film professionals access to tailored program of events on a dedicated platform. Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi will be the special guest of the 5th edition of Doc Day.

Ben Affleck has a very private Instagram account.