Kinshasa Symphony

Kinshasa Symphony
German poster
Directed by Claus Wischmann
Martin Baer
Produced by Sounding Images GmbH Westdeutscher Rundfunk Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Screenplay by Claus Wischmann
Music by Jan Tilman Schade
Cinematography Martin Baer Michael Dreyer
Edited by Peter Klum
Release date
  • March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (The Look of the Sound)
  • September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23) (Germany)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country Germany

Kinshasa Symphony is a German 2010 documentary film.

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

References

  1. ↑ Schmitter, Elke (24 September 2010). "Playing Beethoven in Kinshasa". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 17 March 2012.


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