Voices from Zaïre
A Film by Dirk Dumon
- Producer -
Synopsis
In Kinshasa, in Kinsangani, inside shops, bars and work-shops walls have their word to say. It is the language of advertisement but also that of history, of mythology and social criticism. Masters of the streets such as Samba, Moke, Syms, Mbuecky and other self-taught painters offer their visions of dream and reality with both humour and malice, sincerely, on both form and content ; an original artistic explosion filmed within its context of social and cultural stir.
Product guide
Documentary
54 min
Color
16mm
Film Crew
Director : Dirk Dumon
Cinematographer - D.O.P. : Dieter Van Leemputten
Sound : Daniel Pilatte
Editor : Gilberte Coenen
Producers
Cobra Films et BRT ( Belgian TV)
Coproduction
Centre Bruxellois de l'Audiovisuel
( Brussels)
Award
Prix des bibliothèques au Festival du Réel à Paris
Broadcasts
BRTN, RTBF, Arte, TV5, TF1, TSR, TV Ontario, OY-YLEIS, TV Galicia, ARCANAL, TV3 Barcelone, VPRO.
Cinema :
Beaubourg, IFS,Univ de Laval, Northw. Univ. lib Cornell Univ Mus. Für Völkerkunde
Festival (s)
Festival des films des cultures noires de Paris, Vues d'Afrique (Montréal), Festival de Moscou, Magiciens de la terre (Paris), FIFF( Namur), Filmer à tout Prix, Festival de Gand et de Bruxelles,Margaret Mead Film Festival - New York -Fespaco (Ouagadougou), Amascultura (Lisbonne),
Festival de Lyon, Institut français de Séville.Film sur l'Art (Montréal)