Thierry Michel

Empire of Silence (2022)

For 25 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been ravaged by a war that has largely been ignored by the media and the international community. The victims run into the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. The perpetrators of these crimes are count ...

L'École de l'impossible (2021)

Two years in the life of a Belgian college, in Seraing, which tries to put back on track students with chaotic journeys, confronted with violence and social injustice. ...

Children of Chance (2017)

In the small local school of Cheratte, a former mining town, 11-year old students with and immigrant background are coming to the end of their primary school education with Brigitte. She is a dynamic teacher whose particular pedagogical approach aims to gi ...

The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates (2015)

Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014, Doctor Mukwege is internationally known as the man who mends thousands of women who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the poorest countries on the ...

The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi (2013)

Moise Katumbi Chapwe is an Italian Sephardic Jew on his father's side and a Congolese on his mother's side. He is the Congolese personality who most strongly symbolizes African revival. He is a businessman controlling many compagnies and, since the first d ...

L'affaire Chebeya, un crime d'Etat? (2012)

Katanga Business (2009)

After Mobutu, King of Zaire and Congo River, the Belgian director Thierry Michel pursues his exploration of Central Africa. His new documentary, entitled Katanga Business, is a kind of political economic thriller, which takes place in this south-eastern p ...

Congo River (2005)

Following the great explorers' footsteps, "Congo River" takes us up one of the world's greatest river basins, from its mouth to its source. All the way along its 2,716 miles, we pass places that testify to the country's tumultuous history, and encounter th ...

Iran, Veiled Appearances (2003)

Depicts contemporary Iran at a turning point in its history, exposing both an extreme fundamentalism being fostered by its leadership and the seeds for change in its youth culture. ...

Mobutu, King of Zaire (1999)

This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses close to Mobutu in Africa, Europe and the U.S. More than 950 hours of footage have been seen by the world. Among the 104 hours selected as the basis for thi ...

Donka, X-Ray of an African Hospital (1996)

This film follows daily life in the largest public hospital in the Republic of Guinea, Donka Hospital in Conakry. ...

Gosses de Rio (1990)

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A fleur de terre (1990)

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Hôtel particulier (1985)

How to live in a prison when you have to serve a long sentence. Six inmates express themselves before the camera, telling about their everyday experiences, their feelings, their hopes and distress. Six prisoners but also six human beings who try to retain ...

Hiver 60 (1983)

In 1960, the announcement of social regression measures decided by the Belgian government triggered a wildcat strike by workers. Albert and Fred were at the forefront of a struggle that promised to be heated and risky. The great Walloon strike shook Belgiu ...

The Irresistible Rise of Moïse Katumbi (2013)

Moise Katumbi Chapwe is an Italian Sephardic Jew on his father's side and a Congolese on his mother's side. He is the Congolese personality who most strongly symbolizes African revival. He is a businessman controlling many compagnies and, since the first d ...

Iran, Veiled Appearances (2003)

Depicts contemporary Iran at a turning point in its history, exposing both an extreme fundamentalism being fostered by its leadership and the seeds for change in its youth culture. ...

The Damned (1947)

A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter. ...