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The film is set in the province of East Kasai, a mining region which was long off-limits to foreigners and which provides a third of the world’s industrial diamonds. Mbuji Mayi, the capital of the province, now has three million inhabitants, a hundred times more than at the time of independence. In this vast urban area, where open air diamond markets are to be found at every street corner, water is a luxury and electricity intermittent.
Understanding the decay of Mbuji Mayi means understanding the failure of the main diamond company. The MIBA, the Bakwanga Diamond Mining Company, is the city’s main employer. From the criminalization of the State under Mobutu to the one-sided contracts made during the war, the MIBA has always been the country’s cash cow. Analysis of a collapse.

France - 2007 - 45 mn - Betacam Digital • 16/9 - Colour

Director Caroline Dumay Writer Caroline Dumay Camera Stefan Carstens Sound Stefan Carstens Editing Cesar Diaz

Production Bitcom International, 782, Chemin de l'Ormée, 06140 Vence, France Tél : +33 (0)4 9324 6969 Fax : +33 (0)4 9324 0080 E-mail : bitcom@t-online.de Co-Production ZDF, Pool Africa

Sales Pool Africa, 12 Chamberlain Street, Woodstock, 7925 Capetown, Afrique du Sud Tél : +27 82 452 5988 Fax : +27 21 448 8168 E-mail : dumay.caroline@wanadoo.fr