Nkumi, everyday life

2023 | 9 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Nkumi, everyday life
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    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).

  • Release Date

    22 March 2023

  • DirectingLuc de Heusch
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