4 Films & TV Shows Set In Congo During The 1960s

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  Ali

  🇨🇬 Congo Florida New York 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1960s The 1970s

  Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. — In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

  Released in 2001 • 157 minutes
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  Outbreak

  California Georgia Massachusetts District of Columbia Maryland 🇨🇬 Congo 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1990s The 1960s

  This animal carries a deadly virus... and the greatest medical crisis in the world is about to happen. — A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

  Released in 1995 • 127 minutes
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  Gorillas in the Mist

  🇨🇬 Congo Kentucky 🇷🇼 Rwanda Africa - General 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s

  At the far ends of the earth she found a reason to live, and a cause to fight for. — The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

  Released in 1988 • 129 minutes
• Kaka-Yo

  🇨🇬 Congo The 1960s

  Vibrant love story, which means "Just You" in Lingala, intersperses modern life, the youth of Brazzaville at the time, the European dances in vogue in the 1960s, and life initiation, the sorcery, spiritual power and ritual.

  Released in 1965 • 26 minutes