Up at night

  • Nuit debout
Genre : Experimental
Type : Film essay
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019

"Nelson Makengo denounces the precariousness and resourcefulness of the inhabitants of Kinshasa who are constantly struggling with darkness and rampant crime. His film Makengo intersects several Kinshasa fates in nocturnal resilience following the phenomenon of load shedding practiced by neighboring investors (15 million Kinshasa residents have to light themselves), while his installation of night vendor stands and his luminous puzzle draws an untamed cartography in an atmosphere that is both disturbing and exhilarating.
(Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age
Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age
until 18 August 2019, WIELS, Brussels)


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Film by Nelson Makengo selected for :
* Vues d'Afrique 2021
* FESPACO 2021

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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