Democratic Republic of the Congo and UK / 2013 / 13mins / Drama / English and Swahili

It's a postcolonial parable about the west's hunger for African mineral wealth, and abou Congo's struggle to come to terms with its past – a contemporary response to Aimé Césaire's A Season in the Congo, which played at the Young Vic theater earlier in 2013.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1977 in Forest Gate, London, England, to Nigerian parents, Obiajulu (Okaford), a pharmacist, and Arinze Ejiofor, a doctor. Chiwetel attended Dulwich College in South-East London. By the age of 13 he was appearing in numerous school and National Youth Theatre productions and subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. In 1996, Ejiofor caught the attention of Steven Spielberg who cast him in the critically acclaimed Amistad. He has since been seen on the big screen in numerous features. Ejiofor has received numerous awards and nominations for acting, including the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award in 2006, two Golden Globe Award nominations, and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in Othello in 2008. In 2019, Ejiofor made his feature directorial debut with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, adapted from the memoir of the same name from William Kamkwamba, about a boy who built a wind-powered water pump in Malawi. Learn More