Kinshasa Symphony
2010 German film
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Kinshasa Symphony is a German 2010 documentary film.
Directed byClaus Wischmann
Martin Baer
Martin Baer
Screenplay byClaus Wischmann
Produced bySounding Images GmbH Westdeutscher Rundfunk Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
CinematographyMartin Baer Michael Dreyer
| Kinshasa Symphony | |
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| Directed by | Claus Wischmann Martin Baer |
| Screenplay by | Claus Wischmann |
| Produced by | Sounding Images GmbH Westdeutscher Rundfunk Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg |
| Cinematography | Martin Baer Michael Dreyer |
| Edited by | Peter Klum |
| Music by | Jan Tilman Schade |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
Synopsis
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the third-largest city in Africa with 10 million inhabitants. The film shows how some people living there have managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever invented: a symphony orchestra (Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste) performing composers such as Handel, Verdi, Beethoven. "Kinshasa Symphony" shows Kinshasa in all its diversity, speed, colour, vitality and energy. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa and about music.[1]
Awards
- New York City 2010
- Vancouver 2010
- Rhode Island 2010
See also
- Congo in Four Acts, a documentary anthology film featuring music from the Kinshasa Symphony
