It is estimated that during a single year - 2000 - over 1,000 Cameroonians were killed by the Operational Command Unit, a special group of trained operatives, created by the President of the Republic of Cameroon, to tackle rampant banditry in the region of Douala. This, international commentators suspect, is merely a fraction of a far larger number of 'disappearances', over the preceding few years. Award-winning filmmaker Osvalde Lewat-Hallade's latest documentary is about the Cameroonian families, who have lost loved ones to the terrifying Unit.
2007 (2008 Cannes Cinema of the South and International Festivals)
French, Bamileke dialogue with English subtitles 90 mins
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