A re-edited version of Joris Postema’s Stop Filming Us, Vivuya and Twahirwa’s film takes a closer look at the imbalance of power inherited from colonialism and its consequences on the representation of the DRC, cinematic and otherwise.

Stop.Filming.Us.But.Listen.2022.720p.KNPY.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-RHRN.mkv

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Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 11mn
Size:	1.22 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Not met
Video
Codec:	x264
Resolution:	1280x720
Aspect ratio:	16:9
Frame rate:	30.000 fps
Bit rate:	2 250 kb/s
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French 2.0ch AAC LC @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/0D7403AF9CB0534/Stop.Filming.Us.But.Listen.2022.720p.KNPY.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-RHRN.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Kagoma Twahirgwa and Bernadette Vivuya – Stop Filming Us But Listen (2022) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Hundreds of young revolutionaries take to the streets of Kinshasa when Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, refuses to relinquish power at the end of his second term. Protests are met with violence, but the battle for free elections and democracy cannot be repressed.
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Sidestepping conventional approaches to narrative, Kinshasa Makambo is a ground-level account of collective action told with blistering immediacy. With his attentive, perceptive camera, Dieudo Hamadi takes to the streets for an urgent portrait of young Congolese protestors fighting for democracy.

2.18GB | 1h 13m | 1280×720 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9F276FD62941947/Kinshasa.Makambo.2018.720p.WEB-DL.x264.mkv
or
https://tezfiles.com/file/3c079302c1a11/Kinshasa.Makambo.2018.720p.WEB-DL.x264.mkv

Language(s):Lingala
Subtitles:English,Portuguese,Spanish

The post Dieudo Hamadi – Kinshasa Makambo (2018) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Kongo is writing a book on the subject of immigrants but while his editor wants a kind of traveler’s book in which ethnic exotic ingredients are offered to a European audience, Kongo has more ambitious ideas – he conceives of the idea of writing a book that follows the paths of Congolese history and its many ghosts. A brave and powerful film, made with single-mind integrity. Filmed mainly in the Congo, the film also provides a slice of life of the contemporary Congolese community in Brussels.

1.42GB | 1 h 33 min | 1002×564 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/5D9132C62E0E0A3/Juju.Factory.2007.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English Hardsubbed

The post Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda – Juju Factory (2007) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

La Vie Est Belle takes us inside the vibrant music scene of Kinshasha, Zaire’s exhilerating and exasperating capital of four million. Its back alleys and nightclubs pulsate to the beat of some of the most influential musicians in the world, and directors Ngangura Mweze and Benoit Lamy have brought it directly to the screen with their defiantly feel-good epic of charm and persistence.

The film stars Papa Wemba, one of the legendary figures of world music and employs together such Zairian archetypes as the charming trickster, the impotent husband, the neglected wife, the ingenue, and the diviner in a rags to riches story of a poor rural musician who finally gets his big break on television. This lively farce illustrates Zairians’ faith in Systeme-D or debrouillardise — the art of husting to survive. In Kinshasa, our hero uses his wit and talent to win a beautiful wife, trick his greedy boss and finally sing his theme song, “La Vie Est Belle,” on national television. The infectious spirit and affirmation of life in the face of seemingly overwhelming obstacles capture one of the most delightful aspects of contemporary African life.

1.27GB | 1 h 23 min | 706×470 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/8DB2533ABBA60A0/Life.is.Rosy.1987.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:French
Subtitles:English (Hardsubbed)

The post Benoît Lamy & Mweze Ngangura – La vie est belle AKA Life is Rosy (1987) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A wicked political satire about African dictators, this film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who is claimed to be the “all-around champion”. However the rules of the game entail opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The Champion proceeds to insult, and trounce the President. His reward – and fate – are not exactly unexpected in this hilarious send-up of living under tyranny.

615MB | 39 min 12 s | 710×443 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/48E3B17A21FEA6E/The.Draughtsmen.Clash.1996.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:French
Subtitles:English Hardsubbed

The post Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda – Le damier AKA The Draughtsmen Clash (1996) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Captain Thomas Sankara was the leader of the Burkinabe Revolution. This film is a biographical profile of the revolutionary, the improvements he generated in his country and the new socio-political dimension he instituted in Burkina Faso.

302MB | 24 min 53 s | 700×540 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/C78955BDCA00D97/Thomas.Sankara.1991.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:English, French
Subtitles:English Hardsubbed

The post Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda – Thomas Sankara: l’espoir assassiné AKA Thomas Sankara (1991) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Kongo is writing a book on the subject of immigrants but while his editor wants a kind of traveler’s book in which ethnic exotic ingredients are offered to a European audience, Kongo has more ambitious ideas – he conceives of the idea of writing a book that follows the paths of Congolese history and its many ghosts. A brave and powerful film, made with single-mind integrity. Filmed mainly in the Congo, the film also provides a slice of life of the contemporary Congolese community in Brussels.

1.42GB | 1 h 33 min | 1002×564 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/25BFB7D28BF82D2/Juju.Factory.2007.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:French
Subtitles:English Hardcoded

The post Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda – Juju Factory (2007) first appeared on Cinema of the World.