March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (The Look of the Sound)
September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23) (Germany)
Running time
95 minutes
Country
Germany
Kinshasa Symphony is a German 2010 documentary film.
Synopsis
Kinshasa, the capital of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the third-largest city in Africa with 10 million inhabitants. The film shows how some people living there have managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever invented: a symphony orchestra (
Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste) performing composers such as Handel, Verdi, Beethoven. "Kinshasa Symphony" shows Kinshasa in all its diversity, speed, colour, vitality and energy. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa and about music.[1]
Awards
New York City 2010
Vancouver 2010
Rhode Island 2010
See also
Congo in Four Acts, a documentary anthology film featuring music from the Kinshasa Symphony