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List Of Democratic Republic Of The Congo Films
A partial List of Democratic Republic of the Congo films follows: See also *Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC; French: ''Cinéma de la République Démocratique du Congo'') originated with educational and propaganda films during the colonial era of the Belgian Congo. Development of a local film industry a ... References {{Filmsbycountry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro@Digital
''Afro@Digital'' is a 2002 documentary film. Synopsis ''Afro@Digital'' explores how digital technology has changed the lives of Africans. For instance, a ''marabout'' explains that he no longer replies by letter to questions from Africans living abroad: he uses his cell phone. Another eloquent illustration of the digital revolution in Africa is the proliferation of Internet cafés full of young people. It raises challenging questions about the use of technology in various domains, and in documenting humanity's memory and also asks how digital technology might be used in the service of African people tomorrow. Awards * Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ... 2004 References 2002 films Creative Commons-licensed documentary films Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Mbeka Phoba
Monique Mbeka Phoba (born 1962) is a filmmaker whose family comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) but who now lives in Benin. Her films have won a number of awards. Birth and education Monique Mbeka Phoba was born in 1962 in Brussels, the daughter of a DRC diplomat. She visited the DRC during her school holidays, but established herself in Belgium when aged sixteen after her father resigned his office. She studied at the Saint-Louis High Business School, and obtained a degree in International Business in Brussels. Her graduating thesis was on "Cooperation between the European and African audiovisual industries". While she was a student, Monique Phoba gave talks on African culture on a radio for Student called Radio-Campus and wrote articles in various newspapers in Brussels and Geneva : Tam-Tam, Negrissimo and Regards Noirs. She then attended in documentary workshop at the Ateliers Varan in Paris. Career In 1991 Monique Mbeka Phoba made the film ''Revue en vrac'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeka Laplaine
Zeka Laplaine (born 1960), sometimes credited as José Laplaine, is a director and actor from Ilebo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The child of a Portuguese father and Congolese mother, he moved to Europe when he was 18. His 1996 short film ''Le Clandestin'' was featured at the 2010 Amakula International Film Festival in Uganda. He portrayed a cowboy alongside Danny Glover in ''Death in Timbuktu'', a film within a film in the Council of Europe Film Award-winning film, '' Bamako''. Laplaine is a member of France's "Guilde Africaine des Realisateurs et Producteurs". Laplaine's first short film was ''Le Clandestin'', which he wrote, directed and acted in (playing a policeman in charge of a container dock in Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...). A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinshasa Palace
''Kinshasa palace '' is a 2006 film. Synopsis A man about whom we know very little searches for his brother who disappeared after leaving his children at the station. As he traces his steps through Paris, Kinshasa, Brussels, Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ... and Cambodia, childhood memories flood back. Little by little, he metamorphoses until it's difficult to tell him apart from his missing brother. Awards * Quintessence Ouidah (Benín) References External links * * 2007 films Creative Commons-licensed films Democratic Republic of the Congo documentary films {{DRCongo-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinshasa Makambo
''Kinshasa Makambo'' is a documentary film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, directed by Dieudo Hamadi and released in 2018. The film centres on three young Congolese democracy activists who were involved in the 2016 protests against president Joseph Kabila. The film premiered on February 18, 2018, at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. The film won the Tim Hetherington Award at the 2018 Sheffield DocFest, and the True Vision Award at the 2018 True/False Film Festival. '' Columbia Missourian
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Kin Kiesse
''Kin Kiesse'' is a 1982 documentary film about "Kin" (Kinshasa), the capital of Zaire, and the capital of paradoxes and excesses, commentated on by one of its naïf artists, the painter Chéri Samba. We discover the "Kin" of night clubs, high-rise buildings, bicycle-taxis, shoe shiners and hairdressers, the "Kin" of poor neighborhoods, but, above all, the "Kin" of music, where all the genres rub elbows, from beer party brass bands to the rumba to traditional dances, without leaving out the in-fashion bands of the time. According to the film's director, Mwezé Ngangura, Chéri Samba was instrumental in the making of the film, convincing the French Ministry of Co-operation, France 2 France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 ... and Congolese television that Ngangura could make a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaud Zajtman
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Kafka Au Congo
''Kafka au Congo'' is a 2010 documentary film. Synopsis ''Kafka au Congo'' is a tragicomic journey behind the scenes of Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ... law and politics. Gorette's lands have been unfairly expropriated, and she has spent the last 15 years going from one office to another trying to have her case heard. But whenever she is given an appointment, something gets in the way, she has to grease another bureaucrat and she loses confidence. At the other end of the justice system is the parliamentary administrator, Bahati, in charge of Congo's national parliament's finances, happily making a packet working the corrupt system. External links * * 2010 films Creative Commons-licensed documentary films Democratic Republic of the Congo documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juju Factory
''Juju Factory '' is a 2007 film. Synopsis Kongo lives in Brussels, in the Matongé district on which he is writing a book. His editor wants a kind of traveler's book spiced with ethnic ingredients. However, the writer is inspired by the vision of the complex and tormented souls that he meets everywhere, night and day. Kongo Congo follows invisible threads connected to Congolese history and its ghosts. How is it possible to hold on in this chaotic history? By having juju, self-confidence, and Beatrice's love. Awards * Innsbruck 2007 * Zanzíbar 2007 * Kenya 2007 * Pays d’APT 2007 * Ecrans Noirs Cameroun 2008 Carole Karemera Carole Umulinga Karemera (born 1975) is a Rwandan actress, dancer, saxophone player, and playwright. Biography She was born in 1975 in Brussels, the daughter of Rwandan exiles. As a child, Karemara excelled at mathematics and dreamed of opening ... won Best Actress at Bari 2007, and Dieudonne Kabongo Bashila won Best Actor at Ecrans Noirs 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Mama
''Jazz Mama'' is a documentary film. Synopsis Jazz Mama is both a film and a movement inspired by the uncompromising strength and dignity of Congolese women despite the obstacles and violence they face. Jazz Mama aims to bring awareness to gender based violence in Congo without reducing the women to victims whose lives are circumscribed by rape, but instead to recognize that, while sexual violence is indeed a devastating problem, these women are often not only survivors but the pillars of the community. "The rape of the land, the mutilation of the flesh." La femme Congolaise - courageous and industrious despite the vicissitudes and the turbulence of life. She continues to fight for herself, taking on professions previously reserved for men. More often than not she must pay her children's school fees and compensate for her husband who is either underpaid, unemployed, or absent. She sells kikwembe at Zando market; she is an engineer repairing electronics on the corner of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |