Two short documentary stories on finding justice in the midst of war. The first story unfolded in the waning days of the Mobutu regime (former Zaire), people in Kinshasa return to traditional mechanisms to resolve conflicts. We witness a tribunal court in which the plaintiff, the accused, the lawyer, judge and jury put their dispute into song and dance –and come up with a surprising solution. The second story follows the drama of a young man in Mozambique – a former soldier in the rebel Frelimo army, as he seeks to rejoin the community he left behind. His family is dead, and the people of his village remember him only as a killer. The village puts him through a rite of exorcism...
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