01 May 2021 - 8:36
A still from NU-Q Professor João Queiroga’s new film Digging for Life
The Peninsula
Doha: A new documentary film about the grim reality of slavery and the diamond industry in Africa, directed by Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) Professor João Queiroga, will have its world premiere at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Toronto.
The film Digging for Life tells the true story of Adiang Assuoe Thomas Germain (Tommy) who leaves his home in Cameroon for post-apartheid South Africa, hoping to start a new chapter of his life, but finds himself trapped as a slave digging for diamonds in Angola.
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