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Café Kuba: Who Dared to Awaken the Dead Memory
A mobile coffee cart traverses public space in Kinshasa, where creative forms of resistance emerge.Published on: -
Home Sweet Home
A man seeks a wider perspective for his experiences. An upbeat ode to humanity in the time of the pandemic.Published on: -
Kinshasa Superband
This documentary follows the formation and international tour of a supergroup comprised of Congolese and Western bands. An experimental fusion of rumbPublished on: -
Zombies
A Congolese barbershop breaks out into an ecstatic hybrid of fashion film, music video and social critique about our obsession with selfies and socialPublished on: -
Stranded in Canton
The Swede Månsson developed the concept for this improvised feature with director Li Hongqi (Winter Vacation). Their revealing, humorous story about aPublished on: -
Lobi (hier/demain)
Humorous result of cooperation between young Congolese and Belgian artists/filmmakers. About the present and the past. Shot on 8mm film and digital viPublished on: -
BZV
Why does a serious black American film maker look for an inhabitant of Brazzaville who can water-ski on the Congo river? Just because that river…Published on: -
La rançon d’une alliance
For the first time in African cinema, the taboo subject of slavery amongst Africans in the pre-colonial period is dealt with in this story of…Published on: -
Das Kongo Tribunal
Through an unofficial tribunal, theatre-maker and filmmaker Milo Rau exposes the mechanisms behind the mass murders in the Congo. Tribunal participantPublished on: