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Visions du Réel Jury Prize Winner Nelson Makengo Boards Kinshasa-Set Documentary ‘Nzonzing’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The director of the award-winning doc 'Rising Up at Night' will produce and lens the film about four young Kinshasa natives looking for a better life.
A Senegal-Congo-Canada co-production, the film tells the story of four young Congolese who use their creativity to take charge of their lives in the capital city of Kinshasa, where unemployment is rife and prospects for a bright future appear bleak. Set in the sprawling city of 17 million, whose inhabitants must navigate the perils of rampant crime, power cuts and flooding from the mighty Congo River, “Rising Up at Night” is Makengo’s latest venture into the nocturnal world of Kinshasa. His first feature, which premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand and is being repped internationally by Vienna-based sales agent Square Eyes, is an enigmatic portrait of a beleaguered city whose residents are in a constant battle to light up their homes and streets.
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