Nkumi, everyday life

Nkumi, everyday life (2023)

March 22nd, 20230h 9min

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Overview

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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