Nkumi, everyday life
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2023
0 hr 9 min
Documentary
Short ethnographic documentary showing some everyday life scenes based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien Mottier (Université Paris Nanterre) and Grace Winter (CINEMATEK).
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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
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Absolutely amazing
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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
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