Title Boyamba Belgique, or, Why a king should not lose his sword / director, Dries Engels ; script & research, Bart van Peel ; a film produced by Serendipity Films in co-production with Iota Production, RTBF - Documentaries, and Canvas ; a film by Dries Engels and Bart van Peel ; produced by Ellen De Waele

Published Paris, France : CAT&Docs, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (58 minutes) Summary 50 years ago, the majority of African colonies gained independence from European powers. During the independence ceremony of the largest African colony, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a young man poses a brave act. He steals the sword of the white king, thus symbolically claiming the power. Robert Lebeck eternalized the incident in a single shot. Later, the photographer went looking for this man, but he had vanished. An anonymous note in history. In 2009 and 2010, a small Belgium crew went to Democratic Republic of the Congo and met several "suspects"#x9D; and discovered some amazing theories about this deed. And finally, they found the thief! Notes Title from resource description page (viewed May 26, 2020) Credits Director of photography, Carl Rottiers ; editing, Joris Vanden Berk ; original music, Christian Martin, Joris Vanden Berk Performer Voiceover, Vincent Eaton Notes In English and French with English subtitles Subject Decolonization -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History Decolonization SUBJECT Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149564 Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa -- History Subject Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Genre/Form Documentary films Feature films History Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Engels, Dries, director of photography, director, producer De Waele, Ellen, producer Serendipity Films, production company. Canvas (Television station : Belgium), production company. Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, production company. Iota Production (Firm), production company. Film Platform, film distributor.

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