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REVIEW documentary : Staff Benda Bilili, voice of the voiceless in Congo

Staff Benda Bilili, voice of the voiceless in Congo

‘We're all handicapped people, ain't we?’ runs their myspace byline. After more than a month of touring through Europe, this group of paraplegic street musicians from Kinshasa left crowds elated and bewildered almost a year after releasing their debut album Très Très Fort, courtesy of Belgian producer Vincent Kenis of Congotronics fame. A French documentary on the group has been underway for seven years

by Sofia Verzbolovskis @ // 11/01/10 - 2 votes

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German Cinema at the Jewish Film Festival in Jerusalem, December 12-18, 2009

In German, there were one feature film and another documentary that were screened at the Jewish Film Festival in Jerusalem this year. After a reservation routine prompted by e-mail invitations sent over by Goethe Institute Jerusalem, there I was plunging into the streaming audience hubbub filling the halls of Jerusalem ...

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