Joris Postema

STOP FILMING US! is a cinematic dialogue between Western conceptions of Africa and the Congolese perception of reality.

STOP FILMING US! is a film which dissects the mechanisms underpinning the dominance of Western perspectives of the Congo and Africa. A new generation of Congolese artists want to show their own reality in response to the one-sided Western-dominated perceptions of their region. With their cameras, they are showing a picture that is miles away from the standard Western image of misery and violence. Are there ways to adjust this paradigm and is a Western filmmaker capable of telling this story?