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- After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
- Boxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.
- Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
- Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- A filmed account of the Zaire 74 soul music festival, originally intended to be in concert with the famous Rumble in the Jungle bout in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.
- A Plans to build the largest power plant on the Congo plunge 17 million people into darkness and insecurity.
- Documentary about how King Leopold II of Belgium acquired Congo as a colony and exploited it by reign of terror.
- Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.
- In this filmed version of Flemish author Jef Gheeraerts' novel, Robert 'Robbe' Parain, an arrogant Antwerp police detective who operates at the limits of illegality and is in personal debt, tenaciously traces but also gets personally entangled in the dark, ruthless, criminal sides of the publicly so glamorous trade in diamonds, notably in his native Antwerp, Hong Kong, Brussels and Congo.
- Kinshasa, DRCongo, 2005: Benda Bilili, poor paraplegic street musicians, get noticed by a French film team. Studio recordings get their music out on album and 2009, they have concerts in Europe.
- Faisant suite aux violentes émeutes anti-ONU, ce cinéma vérité témoigne de la mission des Casques bleus québécoises en République démocratique du Congo, un pays en état de siège où le viol est devenu une arme de destruction massive.
- The Rumba Kings celebrates the epic quest of Congolese Rumba. The music that helped the Congo fight colonial oppression and find freedom. The rhythm that gave birth to Africa's independence anthem and captivated the continent for decades.
- Kourou comes from a village to Kinshasa, Zaire's capital and the center of World Beat; music is in his heart and he has big dreams. Right away he gets a job as a domestic for Mamou, the loud wife of a club owner, and he falls in love with Kabibi, a virginal young woman who wants to be a secretary. Meanwhile, Nvouandou, the club owner, childless after twenty years of marriage, wants a second wife and determines to marry Kabibi. Mamou pretends to approve of the match, but behind her husband's back, she pushes Kabibi into the arms of Kourou. Can Kourou win Kabibi's hand and fulfill his dreams of being a singer; can Mamou recapture the affections of Nvouandou?
- Documentary. The dark side of our cell phones. No company can say for sure that they didn't buy conflict minerals from the Congo to produce your cell phone.
- Documentary about the Democratic Republic of Congo when Joseph Kabila sought a constitutional amendment that would allow him to be elected president for a third term. The film follows three protagonists of the resistance.
- I am Chance follows the microcosm of a group of street savvy girls in the surprisingly bright, pop and artistic megacity of Kinshasa. Astute, sassy and resilient, Chancelvie and her friends take on the world, fighting and nurturing, stealing and sharing, turning tricks and making art. Vibrant and exuberant, Kinshasa itself becomes a character in the film, combining its voice with that of the girls.
- 35 COWS AND A KALASHNIKOV is a film about African pride. Directed by Oswald von Richthofen and produced by Roland Emmerich, two old film school friends. It is not a classical documentary about Africa. No boy soldiers. No hunger. No safaris. But rather a poetic tribute to the eternal beauty and sublime strength of the continent. An homage to the Surma tribe of Southern Ethiopia, the dandy movement of Brazzaville, and the voodoo wrestlers in Kinshasa. Archaic roots, colonial influence and Western phenomena, all exist in today's Africa. The filmmakers show three unusual facets of the continent. The result pushes the boundaries of cinematic aesthetics. Bold images and daring editing create a captivating way of storytelling, of poetry. 35 COWS AND A KALASHNIKOV will illuminate your view of the Dark Continent.
- Maki'la has been living on the streets of the Congolese capital for a long time. She spends most of her time with a group of young criminals, who use the street as a stage to display their mostly stolen designer fashions. She is married to Mbingazor, the leader of the gang, who spends his time getting high or drunk. With little-to-no money for food, Maki finds life tough. Her frustration finally sees her coerce other street children to steal for her. When she encounters Acha, a fresh-faced new arrival from a faraway village, Maki not only encourages her to steal but the two become inseparable. Unfortunately, Mbingazor suspects that they are having a romantic relationship. Such rivalry can be deadly, as Bahango's riveting film shows.
- In 1974, at the height of the New York salsa explosion, the Fania All Stars were invited to perform in front of 80,000 people at a stadium in Zaire, Africa.
- On February 22, 2021, in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, along with his Carabiniere escort Vittorio Iacovacci and Congolese driver Mustapha Milambo, falls victim to a brutal attack by an armed gang. "Broken Dream" provides an intimate look into Attanasio's life, an unconventional and idealistic diplomat passionate about Africa and his mission to bring aid to one of the world's richest yet most devastated regions. The documentary chronicles the emotional voyage of Zakia to RD Congo, for the first time, two years after the tragedy. Driven by the desire to understand her husband's motivations and honor his memory, Zakia embarks on a journey to the places Attanasio once traversed and meets people who shared significant parts of his life, adding fragments to the portrait of an extraordinary man. The film highlights the difficulty and significance of forgiveness, tackled by Zakia, who decides to attend the trial of those accused of the killings and later works to honor Luca's memory by continuing the humanitarian work they started together. We delve into the broader socio-political landscape of the Congo, shedding light on the ongoing conflicts, exploitation, and systemic injustices that plague the region. Through Zakia's intimate exploration, the film examines the resilience of the Congolese people in the face of adversity and the transformative power of compassion in healing collective wounds.
- ShortBased on a true story from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a ten-year-old girl and her family try to care for their ill matriarch while grappling with the suspicion that her symptoms are not really caused by a disease...but by witchcraft.
- MOFAYA follows a talented musician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as he embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to escape the violence and persecution in his war-torn country, with nothing but a guitar as his guiding light
- What is it about the shape of a ball that fascinates humans and animals alike? Accessible and fascinating, the doc explores the origins of our captivation with the ball and ball games.
- In the urban jungle of Kinshasa, amid social and political chaos, an eclectic and bubbling street art scene is emerging.
- Bob Ultee wants to save Africa from pollution and poverty by marketing electric motorbikes. His own crypto currency would be the driving force behind this. Bob has big dreams, but others have their doubts about this.
- A young boy from a financially challenged background creates his luck by making charcoal stoves to help himself and his family.
- A gangster who makes fake money changes his lifestyle after meeting and falling in love with a devout Christian single mother, but trouble comes to them when his past catches up to him.
- The Film "Kinshasa Symphony" shows how people living in one of the most chaotic cities in the world have managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever invented: a symphony orchestra. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa and about music.
- SUPPLY CHAIN follows the life cycle of minerals from their unearthing as raw ores to precision computing components, examining the invisible labor along the way. It also connects the history of mining to the design of computer games, professional e-Sports and the infrastructure of global cryptocurrency networks. A meditation on global geology, technology and folklore.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
- No polished shoes, no school. Ten-year-old Samuel is about to discover Kin the Beautiful's way of muddling up and muddling through.
- Following the lives of a typical Congolese family in Kinshasa, "Rien Que La Vérité" shows what truths can be uncovered in the day to day. Filled with beauty, hardship, love, laughter, music and dancing; this series takes the ordinary to the extraordinary.
- Every morning, the inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of Congo struggle to find drinking water. However, the country has the Congo River, the second most powerful river in the world, with a flow rate of over 40,000 m3/s. At the same time, the courageous inhabitants have created a trading system that consists in going down the mountains to fetch water in water wells run by some NGOs. This trade aims to sell water cans to other inhabitants who cannot travel long distances and lift heavy weights so that the money they earn from this trade will allow them to cover their daily expenses.
- The ghettos of Kinshasa - the devastated capital of a country politically and economically adrift - are filled with many gifted; yet impoverished musicians.
- Catholic church in the Congo. Celebration with ancestral rites
- A Ne Kunda Nlaba's untold story and biopic documentary film about Kimpa Vita a 22 years old young woman burned alive on 02 July 1706 in Mbanza Kongo in the Kongo Kingdom for the revolution against slavery.
- A young woman lives under control of a Artificial Intelligence Her all life is broadcasted as it happens on smartphones, tabs and television. She start to feel uncomfortable with this lifestyle.
- The everyday life of the Orthodox Christian community of Kananga, in Democratic Republic of Congo, a war-ridden country with thousands of victims and one of the most dangerous places in the world.
- Homecoming is a journey of immigration, identity and national belonging. Na-to, Auto and German are three young Israeli born children whose parents are immigrant workers from three different continents. Our intention was to see through their eyes the possible outcome of being forced to return to their parent's homeland. Our three protagonists were lucky to be legalized in 2006, but approximately another 800 children and youth just like them are still facing possible deportation. When we started the film, we assumed Homecoming refers to their return to their parent's homeland. During the work, we realized that homecoming meant only one thing for the three of them: the return home to Israel.
- Elephant's Dream is a portrait about three State-owned institutions and their workers in DR Congo, providing insight into their daily lives and survival in the third largest city of Africa, Kinshasa.
- "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 then 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 street, she is a designer, a stylist, minister, or teacher... Demonstrating their incredible strength and their faith in their ability to continue their own advancement, these women stand strong in their communities even as they denounce the rape and the violence they experience. "Both earth and mother, she is the foundation, like Kinshasa herself, scorned and beloved." Please find the trailer on our website: www.jazzmama.org
- A quartet of powerful, hard-hitting short films that lay bare the disturbing reality of everyday life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The war for independence, from the perspective of MPLA - first, against colonialism, and then against neocolonialism from foreign powers using the other liberation movements, FNLA and UNITA.