Kingelez : Kinshasa, a city rethought

Dirk Dumon & 30' — 2004

Portrait of a contemporary African artist living in Kinshasa « The Fallen Beauty ». Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948), « artiste-maquettiste », is an unclassified Congoleze artist. He gained international recognition with his huge scale-models from phatasy cities, made out of glue, paper, carton, plywood, etc. Though Kinshasa (C.D.R.) is a chaotic, obsolete metropolis, it is the setting of his artistic development.

Belgium

Production : Piksa
Coproduction : RG Créatifs Associés, Riva & Georges, CBA

Réalisation
Dirk Dumon
Scenario
Dirk Dumon
DOP
Mambi Risonga Guérin
Sound
Oblio Agobio
Image editor
Peter Mertens
Music
Louis Jean-Paul Kilosho
Production
Catello Verde
Image Format
Betacam digitale
Sound Format
Stéréo
BW/Colour
Color
Available subtitles
FR, EN

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