Sinima a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC) ta samo asali ne da fina-finai na ilimi da farfaganda a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Kongo Belgian. Ci gaban masana'antar fina-finai na cikin gida bayan Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kongo ta sami ƴancin kai a 1960 ya kasance cikin nakasu sakamakon yaƙin basasa akai-akai. A lokacin mulkin mallaka kafin DRC ta sami ƴancin kai a matsayin Zaire, masu gudanar da mulkin Kongo Belgian ba su yarda 'yan Afirka su kalli fina-finai na kasashen waje ba, a hukumance saboda sun ce ba za su iya fahimtar bambanci tsakanin gaskiya da almara ba. A hakikanin gaskiya, hukumomi sun ji tsoron cewa fina-finan za su haifar da mummunar dabi'a. Ofishin Fina-Finai da Hoto na gwamnati sun yi fina-finai ga jama'ar yankin a cikin 1940s, tare da jigogin ilimi da/ko farfaganda. Ma'aikatan Afirka sun kasance a ofishin kuma an koya musu dabarun shirya fina-finai.[ana buƙatar hujja] Kamfanoni biyu da limaman cocin Katolika ke gudanarwa suma sun dauki ƴan Afirka aikin yin fina-finai game da dabi'un addini: Cibiyar Kwango don Cinema Action na Katolika (CCACAC) a Léopoldville Fina-finan Afirka a Kivu .