Due to the most recent influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), it has been brought to our attention that there is still great need for an information campaign to put a voice to what has been happening. The REEL Project's (TRP) newest project, "A REEL Media Project," will be a research-derived media project, interviewing displaced and returnee populations in Kalemie and surrounding DRC … [Read more...]
Jecoke
The REEL Project produced a music video for Lubumbashi-based performance group, Jecoke, in exchange for a song which was featured on TRP's first humanitarian film project, "Today We Pack, Tomorrow We Settle." Jecoke is a performance group in the southern city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a legacy that spans for decades. The 1950's. When the copper mines of … [Read more...]
Today We Pack, Tomorrow We Settle
From 1998 to 2003, The Second Congo War had consumed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Hundreds of thousands of Congolese people - forced to leave their homes - fled across international borders. Among those who fled were the thousands of people from Katanga Province. They went south into Zambia and were placed into two refugee camps, Kala and Mwange, where they existed for nearly a … [Read more...]