Mwezé Ngangura
Mwezé Ngangura | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Known for | Viva Riva! |
Mwezé Ngangura is a film director from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Mwezé Ngangura was born in Bukavu, DRC. At the age of twenty he went to Belgium and studied at the Institut des arts de diffusion. While a student he made two short films, Tamtam-Electronique and Rhythm and blood. For ten years he made TV documentaries in Zaire. In 1985, returning to Europe, he worked on the scenario of La Vie est Belle (Life is Wonderful), a feature film that he made with Benoit Lamy and which had great success in Francophone countries in Africa. In 1998 he directed Pièces d'Identités, a feature film shot in Brussels (mainly in the district of Matonge - Ixelles ) and Cameroon, which received the Audience Award at the 8th Festival of African Cinema of Milan in 1998 and the Grand Prix at FESPACO in Ouagadougou in 1999.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Tamtam-Electronique | 25 minutes |
| 1975 | Rhythm and Blood | 20 minutes |
| 1980 | Chéri-Samba | 26 minutes |
| 1983 | Kin-Kiesse ou les Joies douces-amères de Kinshasa-la-Belle | 26 minutes |
| 1987 | La vie est belle | 80 minutes. Co-directed with Benoît Lamy |
| 1992 | Changa-Changa, Rythmes en noirs et blancs | 60 minutes |
| 1994 | Le Roi, la vache et le bananier,Chronique d'un retour au royaume de Ngweshe | 60 minutes |
| 1995 | Lettre à Makura : les derniers Bruxellois | 26 minutes |
| 1997 | Le général Tombeur | 26 minutes |
| 1998 | Pièces d'Identités | 90 minutes ([1]) |
| 2001 | Au nom de mon père | 50 minutes, Documentary |
| 2005 | Les Habits neufs du gouverneur | ([2]) |
| 2010 | Tu n'as encore rien vu de kinshasa |