HEART: The Congo Chronicles Gets Screenings In Connecticut

HEART, The Congo Chronicles
The true story of how an African mom convinces a humanitarian pilot to find an American home for her daughter. Plagued by civil war and corruption, the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the poorest countries on the planet.

This moving documentary film traces a strong-willed mother's efforts to rescue her only child, Olga, from the crushing, cyclical poverty of the Congo by sending her to the U.S. to be educated-at the risk of losing her forever. Based on his adventure journal, and narrated by Jeffrey Luken Hartlage, an American humanitarian pilot who lived in DRCongo for over a year, HEART, The Congo Chronicles demonstrates the incredible persistence of an African mom who loves her child enough to let her go.

Plagued by civil war and corruption, the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the poorest countries on the planet. The true story takes us from the squalid conditions in DRCongo to the relative opulence of Olga's new home in Atlanta, Georgia - an achievement that not only changes the lives of the young girl and the gay male partners who adopt her, but also opens the door to subsequent U.S./Congolese adoptions.

The events and footage seen in HEART, The Congo Chronicles
have never been captured before.

During the film festival submission process, HEART, The Congo Chronicles will be on a screening tour... Attend a showing of the documentary with a photo exhibition & live piano reception; plus an open dialogue with the filmmakers!

Coming to...
9/24/09 @ 7pm
C.H. Booth Library
25 Main Street
Newtown, CT
Call to reserve: 203.426.4533

9/25/09 @ 6pm
Bristol Historical Society
98 Summer Street
Bristol, CT
Cost: $5
Call to reserve: 860.582.6309

10/9/09 @ 11:15am
Silk City Flick Fest
Manchester Community College
161 Hillstown Road
Manchester, CT
Official Documentary Film Selection!

10/25/09 @ 5pm
Studio 59
59 Barber Street
Torrington, CT
Cost: $10
Call to reserve: 860.482.6801

 

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