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‘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

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Berlinale film review: 'Kinshasa Symphony' (2010) by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer

Who what? The joy of making music with people is always good film fodder. This one is not quite like the varying standpoints and conflicts which were dealt with in Trip to Asia* (2008), where a British journalist toured with the Berlin Philharmonic. The catch about this movie is that ...

by Nabeelah on berlin

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