Guy Kabeya Muya (born 1970) is a filmmaker from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. He was co-director with
Monique Mbeka Phoba of the 2007 documentary ''
Entre la coupe et l'élection'' (Between the cup and the election).
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Birth and education
Guy Kabeya Muya was born in Kinshasa in 1970.
In 1988 he entered the National Institute of Performance Arts (INAS) in Kinshasa, graduating with a degree in drama in 1996.[
He also took courses in ]Mbalmayo
Mbalmayo is a town in Cameroon's Centre Region. The town had 60,091 inhabitants in 2012. It is the capital of the Nyong-et-So'o Division It is located at the banks of the Nyong river between Ebolowa and Yaoundé. It is an agricultural centre ...
, Cameroon on audiovisual techniques and in Douala
Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the com ...
, Cameroon on animation and visual communication.
He worked at Les Films de la Passerelle in Brussels as a post-production trainee and attended workshops at the Lagunimages Festival in Benin
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Career
Kabeya Muya wrote and directed television dramas in 1999.
In 2004 he was first assistant to Thierry Michel
Thierry Michel (born 13 October 1952) is a Belgian film director, mostly making social and political documentaries.
His office and company ''Les films de la passerelle'' is located in Liège, where he works with the producer Christine Pireaux.
O ...
on the set of the film '' Congo River, Beyond Darkness''.
In 2006 he and Guy Bomanyama-Zandu co-directed the 52-minute drama ''Muswamba''.[
This movie tells of a teenage girl thrown onto the street and struggling to survive after being accused of sorcery.
It provides a strong moral message about the evils of child abuse.
Kabeya Muya established the production company Kabola Films which makes cinematographic animations in the center of Kinshasa.
As part of a workshop led by Thierry De Mey of Charleroi Danses he directed the 2007 documentary ''Cailloux'' (Pebbles) on informal economic enterprise in Kinshasa.][
Kabeya Muya worked with veteran documentary director Monique Mbeka Phoba on a project where a group of young theater students in Kinshasa learned how to make a film.
Kabeya Muya provided the hands-on training while Mbeka Phoba provided guidance via the internet. This led to the 2007 documentary ''Entre la coupe et l'élection'' (Between the cup and the election) about the first soccer team from Sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a FIFA World Cup, in 1974, co-produced by him and Mbeka Phoba.
The team was The Leopards, the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The team was defeated in three consecutive matches where they scored no goals, had their pay stolen by corrupt officials and had to return home to face an angry dictator.][
In April 2006 Kabeya Muya was severely beaten by armed men who threatened to kill him because of his relations with foreigners.]
In 2009 he received death threats for having worked on the film ''Katanga Business
''Katanga Business'' is a 2009 film by Belgian director Thierry Michel that explores the mining industry in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Plot
The province of Katanga in the south east of the Democratic Republic of the Con ...
'' as assistant director to Thierry Michel.
The filmmaker Monique Mbeka Phoba quickly mobilized an international campaign to ensure that the Congolese authorities extended their protection.[
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Filmography
References
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1970 births
Democratic Republic of the Congo film directors
Living people
People from Kinshasa
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people