The Tree of Authenticity

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji’s fascinating film essay explores the Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial history and its ecological significance. Drawing on research from the 1930s, the film highlights the Congo Basin’s vital role in consuming carbon dioxide and shaping global environmental balance over a century.

• climate change
• environmental destruction
• post-colonial
• climate observatory
• nature documentary
• human made disaster
• post colonialism
• observational documentary
• habitat destruction
• human impact