In the heart of the African continent, after thirty years of independence and twenty-five years of Mobutism… what future awaits Zaire? Over the course of five weeks, Thierry Michel filmed Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, from every angle. A Kinshasa marked by poverty, beggars, outcasts, and the forgotten. A Kinshasa also inhabited by the business bourgeoisie, religious leaders, and military dignitaries. And finally, a Kinshasa whose working-class neighborhoods bury their dead, victims of the dictatorship.
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Thierry Michel Director
First release January 1, 1992 · Produced in Congo - Kinshasa, Belgium · Production RTBF, Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA)
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CBA
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RTBF
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Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA)
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La Sept-Arte
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Les Films de la Passerelle
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Congo - Kinshasa · Belgium
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French
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French
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Belgium · January 1, 1992
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Canada
January 1, 1992 · Vues d'Afrique, Montréal
France
April 29, 1995
Switzerland
January 1, 1992 · Nyon Film Festival
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