- Synopsis:
- The town of Fungurume is situated in the province of Katanga (D.R. Congo) and the
hills and mountains surrounding Fungurume form one of the world’s largest copper and
cobalt deposits. In pre-colonial times the area was already a major centre in the copper
trading network that ran across Central Africa. Today the mountains have become the
property of the American Tenke Fungurume Mining consortium (TFM). From 2009 on,
TFM’s mining activities have been in full swing, causing the resettlement of thousands of
local Sanga inhabitants. Pungulume focuses on Sanga chief Mpala and his court elders
while they are rendering the oral history of the Sanga people, against the backdrop of
the industrial destruction of the landscape that anchors Sanga memory and identity.
- Director's filmography:
- - Pungulume (2017 - Short)
