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Amidst the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local journalist and an American filmmaker team up to expose how Western demand for electronics fuels an endless cycle of violence, but they also must confront how journalism has changed with the rise of misinformation and fake news in social media and their roles in holding power accountable.
The Dogs Will Eat Them Later is in Post-Production
The film is supported by The Swedish Film Institute, Sagax Entertainment, Film i Skane, Documentary Campus, and others
Executive Producers: Nick Fraser, Luc Hardy, and Blair Woodbury
Producers: Djaffar Al-Katanty, Neil Brandvold, and Jonathan Saruk
About the Director:
Mike Shum is an independent filmmaker who specializes in documentary cinematography and journalism. He began his career covering conflict, from the fall of Tripoli in Libya to M23 rebels in Congo (DRC). His New York Times collaboration on ISIS in Iraq garnered him his first News and Documentary Emmy nomination for Outstanding Interview.
Beginning in 2018, Shum ventured into investigative journalism with PBS Frontline with the film Predator on the Reservation covering accountability in Indian Health Services. In the years that followed, he was the breaking news videographer for the New York Times in Minneapolis in the days after George Floyd was killed and then directed and produced “American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil” for PBS Frontline. In 2023, he completed his feature length directorial debut, “Police on Trial” with PBS Frontline. The film was a finalist for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary and later awarded the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute To Excellence Award for TV Documentary.
Shum was recognized as one of DocNYC’s 40 Under 40’s rising documentary filmmakers. He was recently awarded the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University.
Genre: Investigative Journalism, War, Global Economy
