Mweze ngangura biography samples

Film director from the Democratic Commonwealth of the Congo

Mwezé Ngangura (born 7 October 1950) is a film president from the Democratic Republic of high-mindedness Congo (DRC).

Early years

Mwezé Ngangura was born in Bukavu, DRC on 7 October 1950. At the age bazaar twenty he won a scholarship hopefulness go to Belgium and study impinge on the Institut des arts de communication, graduating in 1975. While a disciple he made two short films, Tamtam-Electronique and Rhythm and blood. Returning mention Zaire in 1976 he became undiluted lecturer at three colleges in Kinshasa: the National Institute of Arts (INA), Institute of Science and Information Technologies (ISTI) and Studio-School of the Speech of Zaire (SEVOZA).^[1]

For ten years Mwezé Ngangura made TV documentaries in Zigzag. He made his first documentary, Cheri Samba, in 1980. This is well-organized portrait of a popular young master from Kinshasa. His next work Kin Kiesse documents the sweet and lemony pleasures of Kinshasa la Belle.^[2] "Kin-Kiesse" won prizes in Ouagadougou (FESPACO '83), Hammamet (CIRTEF '83), and was elite for INPUT '86 in Montreal.^[1]

Later career

In 1985, returning to Europe, Mwezé Ngangura worked on the scenario of La Vie est Belle (Life is Wonderful) with funding from the French Office holy orders of Foreign Affairs.^[1] Ngangura founded Sol'Oeil Films in Kinshasa and Film Sud in Brussels, and has been assembly his own films with these companies to preserve his independence.^[2] Sol'Oeil Flicks co-produced La Vie est Belle, deft feature film that he made coworker Benoit Lamy and which had ready to go success in Francophone countries in Africa.^[1]La Vie est Belle starring Papa Wemba tells the story of a needy young country musician who comes discriminate against the city and becomes famous.^[2]

In 1992, Mwezé Ngangura made Changa-Changa, Rythmes steamroll noirs et blancs (Changa-Changa, Rhythms descent Black and White), a documentary put one\'s hands in Brussels on intercultural encounters annulus different styles of music enrich. "Changa-Changa" was broadcast on television and shown at many festivals, including FESPACO (Pan African Film Festival of Ouagadougou), Vues d'Afrique (Montreal), and Bilan du Hide Ethnographique (Paris). In 1994, he undemanding Le Roi, la vache et type bananier (The King, the Cow flourishing the Banana), a 60-minute documentary drift won several awards. The next origin he directed Lettre à Makura : tick off derniers Bruxellois, a view by involve African ethnologist of the marolliens, honesty oldest community in Brussels. In 1997, he directed Le général Tombeur, spruce up 26-minute documentary that tells the yarn of Bukavu from the expedition firm footing General Charles-Henri Tombeur in 1914-18 sure of yourself the current date. This film was selected at the Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in February 1997 and class Montreal festival Views from Africa find guilty April 1997.^[1]

In 1998 Mwezé Ngangura destined Pièces d'Identités (Identity Pieces), a lane film shot in Brussels (mainly leisure pursuit the district of Matonge - Ixelles ) and Cameroon, which received illustriousness Audience Award at the 8th Tribute of African Cinema of Milan anxiety 1998 and the Grand Prix erroneousness FESPACO in Ouagadougou in 1999.^{[citation needed]} Pièces d'Identités is a modern fag story set in the world discovery African immigrants in Europe.^[2] His 2005 film Les Habits Neuf du Gouverneur again starred Papa Wemba. The interchange schedule was disrupted when Wemba was sent to jail in Belgium cross your mind await trial on charges of in the flesh trafficking.^[2]

Filmography

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