#StandWithCongo presents the London premiere of When Elephants Fight, a documentary on how multinational corporations and corrupt politicians in Democratic Republic of the Congo threaten human rights narrated by Robin Wright, House of Cards, with LSE alumnus, Kwame Marfo as International Executive Producer.

Peter Jones works for Global Witness (@GW_DRC) researching corruption in DRC’s mining and oil sectors and was previously the Reuters DRC correspondent.

Bandi Mbubi (@BandiMbubi) is Director of Congo Calling (@CongoCalling) working for the ethical management of natural resources in the DRC.

JD Stier (@jdstier) is an award-winning producer and campaign director, and is President of Stier Forward based in New York City.

Armine Ishkanian is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

To view the documentary trailer and to request a free screening visit the #StandWithCongo website.

The Department of Social Policy (@LSESocialPolicy) is the longest established in the UK. The Department prides itself in being able to offer teaching based on the highest quality empirical research in the field. 

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSECongo

Podcast

A podcast of this event (Q&A only) is available to download from When Elephants Fight.

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