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“Ka-pi-ta”istheofficialjobtitlegiventoCongolesechargedwithenforcingtheirwhitemaster’sbidding—throughdomination—overtheirfellowCongoleseonplantations,infactories,incommerce,andothersitesofcapitalistextractionandproduction. Fromoneperspective,thishistoryofexploitationinCongoiswelldocumentedfromthecolonialeratothepresent.Thereareawealthofimagesofthecopperandcobaltminesthatfueledtheindustrialrevolution,ofthecoltanandniobiumminesthatfueltheelectronicrevolution.Butevenintheireffortstorevealviolence,suchimagesoftenrendertheenginesofexploitationinvisible.Byrecodingarchivalfootageandintertwiningitwithcontemporaryimages,Kapitaexposespatternsofextractionandburialtodecodecolonialrepresentations—andexploitation—ofcentralAfricanlandandpeopleandminesthearchivalfilmsforwhattheymakeinvisible:theblack-skinnedworkersevaporatedbycamerascalibratedtowhite,thecollateraldeathanddestructioninterredininfrastructure.(PetnaNdalikoKatondolo)