La Malédiction des Congos

"In a war we usually talk of battles fought by armies. In Liberia, we just talk about massacres and it is the civilians who get killed". These are the words of Henri Andrews, a writer, a lecturer and a journalist. This document progressively lifts the veil over the grounds of "The Congos' Spell". The Congos, founders of Liberia, emancipated slaves suddenly turned into "American settlers", wore on the master's dress to impose the "natives" what the Whites had taught them. Then, from "liberators" to "rebels", the country has just taken up another dictator. A deadly ballet where the masks of Good and Evil are being exchanged, where Hitler, Jesus, Rambo, Mickey Mouse, undiscerningly inspire slaughters, cannibals and killing children. "I came here to make a testimony-film on Liberia's very peculiar war, the director explains, I've filmed a documentary on the mass madness, the constituent neurosis of ill-born countries which once evolves into psychosis."