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Actor-director Ben Affleck and Sir Mick Jagger have launched a short film for the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) Gimme Shelter campaign to help raise funds and awareness about the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the work of the UN refugee agency. In November 2008, Affleck filmed in eastern DRC where the conflict has forced more than 800,000 people to flee their homes and to Uganda, where more than 40,000 Congolese have sought safety. The result is a short film entitled Gimme Shelter, set to the classic Rolling Stones' song of the same name, which Jagger and the group donated to the campaign. UNHCR hopes the Gimme Shelter campaign will help raise US$23 million in 2009 to pay for clean water supplies and emergency humanitarian assistance kits in the region. View full 4:33 version | View 1:19 version
Rape as a weapon of war in DR Congo
... a video report from Michael Kavanagh of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Dec. 16/08. (4:42) View
A Stephen Lewis Foundation public service announcement. (0:60) View
A CBS News Video with Anderson Cooper. Jan 13/08. (12:49) View
UNICEF: In DR Congo, rape as a weapon of war
A video from UNICEF Television, includes footage of Panzi Hospital & Dr. Mukwege. June 27/08. (2:07) View
Numerous videos are available for online viewing on Women for Women's website.
NFB documentary
2002, 48 minutes
Available from the NFB
NFB documentary directed by Katerina Cizek
2006, 16 minutes
Available from the NFB
A film by Emmy-Award winning fimlmaker Lisa F. Jackson
2007, 76 minutes
Available from Women Make Movies
NFB documentary directed by Paul Cowan
2005, 166 minutes
Available from NFB
2005, 73 minutes
DVD available for rental from Netflix or for purchase from Docurama.
A film by Julie Bridgham
2008, 90 minutes
DVD available from Women Make Movies
Check Human Rights Watch for showings near you.
NFB documentary directed by Patrick Reed
2007, 88 minutes
Check the NFB for showings near you.
Since 1998, 5.4 million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from war-related violence, hunger and disease, making it the deadliest conflict since World War II. About 1.4 million people are internally displaced. Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been systematically raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers on all sides of the conflict. The UN says it’s more dangerous to be a woman in the DRC than a soldier. learn more