‘Congo Boy’ Review: Congolese Filmmaker Rafiki Fariala Finds Poetry in the Chaos of War Displacement

“Congo Boy” opens with a big setpiece set in a dance club: The camera follows two young men as they walk around searching for someone, the audience immediately thrown into a vibrant milieu of throbbing music and writhing bodies. Before they can settle in, some soldiers enter the club and start firing away, scaring patrons […]

By Murtada Elfadl