Rumors of the Lake

Sunday, October 25th, 3:00pm
Congo in Harlem 7
Presented by Friends of the Congo and True-Walker Productions

Rumors of the Lake

Rumors of the Lake
Wendy Bashi, Belgium/DR Congo, 2015, 52 min
(French & Swahili w/ English subtitles)
In Rumors of the Lake, Lake Kivu in DR Congo is portrayed through the stories of local fishermen. They depend on the lake and they know all its secrets. Drifting on their pirogues or during a late night gathering along the water’s banks, we hear stories of two warring countries, the rumor of a killer fish, a gigantic reserve of methane about to explode… So many stories about life and death, fishing and legacy, which together form a collection of memories and reveal the secret identity of an amazing place.
Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Wendy Bashi.

This presentation is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds grant program, administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.