Rumba Rules, New Genealogies | |
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French | Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies |
Directed by | Sammy Baloji David Nadeau-Bernatchez |
Written by | Sammy Baloji |
Produced by | Rosa Spaliviero |
Cinematography | Kiripi Katembo Siku |
Edited by | David Nadeau-Bernatchez |
Production company | Twenty Nine Studio |
Distributed by | Spira |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Countries | Canada Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Language | Lingala |
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies (French: Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies) is a documentary film, directed by Sammy Baloji and David Nadeau-Bernatchez and released in 2020.[1] A coproduction of companies from Canada, Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the film is a portrait of the music scene in Kinshasa, centred in particular on the Congolese rumba group Orchestre de Brigade Sarbati.[2]
The film premiered in November 2020 at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam,[3] and had its Canadian premiere in September 2021.[4]