Of Mud And Blood
Numbi, a little village hidden deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo mountains, lies nonetheless at the heart of our world. Here, with their bare hands, miners dig the coltan which will find its way
– legally or otherwise – to our industrialized world.
For decades this grey gold, indispensable to the manufacture of almost all
contemporary technological devices, has been the cause of conflicts and a bitter exploitation.
In Numbi, bodies are covered in mud, hands are sometimes red with blood, and coltan hides in every pocket. Every inhabitant lives with the illusory hope of escaping fate and enjoying for themselves the riches of the Congo.
Sensitive, shocking and deeply moving,
Of Mud and Blood documents the everyday existence of the inhabitant of Numbi, revealing the hardships and trials of a story from which we must not look away.
The film has received the prestigious
Cinema production help
Avance sur Recettes at the French CNC.
It is produced by Valdès Borsalino and Pallas Films, Arte Cinema and
distributed by Next Film, RushLake, Goodfellas, Wild Bunch.
