| Questions: 1. How did the music help your understanding of the story? 2. How do you reconcile your memories, or what you were taught, of Kruschev with his actions around Congo? 3. The director, Johan Grimonprez, hoped you would enter the story through the villain’s point of view. Who is the villain for you? 4. All the modern wars have been fought using minerals found in Congo. Who should control and profit from “conflict minerals”? 5. Andrée Blouin played a critical role in Lumumba’s election and brief presidency, yet she has been written out of history. What would be the reasons for that?
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