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Film Addresses Children's Rights in the Congo

"Enfant Dit Sorcier" ("Child Accused of Being a Witch") Music Video

In 2003, Internews produced two videos to raise awareness of the plight of Congolese children accused of witchcraft. The first video was a documentary, "Enfant Dit Sorcier" ("Child Accused of Being a Witch"). The second video, co-funded by USAID and Search for Common Ground, uses pop music to spread a similar message to Congolese society. It features the musicians of L'Orchestre Lachytoura, most of whom were once street children, some accused of sorcery. They perform their own song "Enfant Dit Sorcier." Internews created and inserted a narrative drama to help illustrate the story of an innocent boy accused and discarded by his family. The song is in Lingala. Subtitles are in French. The music video has been shown on television in Kinshasa and Kisangani.

The videos were part of a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development that trained journalists from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to report on peace talks (The Inter-Congolese Dialogue) and social issues.

The videos were filmed, directed and produced by Angela Nicoara, former Internews Rwanda Country Director, and Mike Ormsby, former Internews DRC Project Director.