CinemaOSMovie · 2005 · 1h 23m

The Peacekeepers

95%(2)IMDbDocumentary

With unprecedented access to the UN Department of Peacekeeping, The Peacekeepers provides an intimate and dramatic portrait of the struggle to save "a failed state" The film follows the determined and often desperate maneuvers to avert another Rwandan disaster, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). Focusing on the UN mission, the film cuts back and forth between the UN headquarters in New York and events on the ground in the DRC. We are with the peacekeepers in the "Crisis Room" as they balance the risk of loss of life on the ground with the enormous sums of money required from uncertain donor countries. We are with UN troops as the northeast Congo erupts and the future of the DRC, if not all of central Africa, hangs in the balance. In the background, but often impinging on peacekeeping decisions, are the painful memory of Rwanda, the worsening crisis in Iraq, global terrorism, and American hegemony in world affairs.

Directed byPaul Cowan

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
EN
Released
April 29, 2005

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring

Karen Feiertag

Narrator

Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Paul Cowan
Written by
Paul Cowan

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