| Description |
1 online resource (108 minutes) |
| Summary |
Permeating the daily life of one of the great orchestras of the current generation, "Rumba Rules" proposes an incursion into the arcanes of a monumental African music. An essay on the meaning of self and rootedness, the film culminates in a kind of urban polyphony. Ya Mayi, Lumumba, Xéna La Guerrière, Pitchou Travolta, Alfred Solo, Soleil Patron and many others: nearly thirty artists feed the creative life of the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra. By entering the group and the city of Kinshasa, the film gets into the rumba as if it were penetrating a rootstock. Through studio work, rehearsals and concerts, different portraits offer a foray into the dynamics and stories of this highly acclaimed Congolese music. From local roots to the patrons from the diaspora, the voices of Rumba Rules polyphony are past and present |
| Performer |
Featuring, Brigade Sarbati and his orchestra |
| Notes |
In Lingala and French, with subtitles in English |
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Title from title screen (viewed November 28, 2023) |
| Subject |
Musical groups -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
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Rumba (Dance) -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Bernatchez, David N., filmmaker, producer
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Baloji, Sammy, filmmaker
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Spaliviero, Rosa, producer
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Kunstmuseum aan Zee, production company.
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Spira (Firm), publisher.
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Festival d'automne à Paris, production company.
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