Ein Dorf in Afrika, es herrscht Bürgerkrieg. Die 12 jährige Komona wird von bewaffneten Rebellen entführt. Sie bringen sie mit Gewalt in ihr Übungslager und zwingen sieals Kindersoldatin töten zu müssen. Doch weil sie auch die einzige Überlebende eines Massakers ist, erklärt der Rebellenführer sie zur Hexe. Mitten in diesem Grauen sucht sie Schutz bei einem 15 jähriger Jungen mit weißen Haaren, den sie Magier nennt.
Between Brussels, Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, Augure borrows from magic realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and “sorcerers” through the intertwined stories of protagonists of different genders and generations, confronted with the prejudice and suspicion of those around them.
Der Traum von Macht und schnellem Geld scheint für Riva zum Greifen nah, als er den Unterweltboss Cesar um das erleichtert, was in Kinshasa so viel wert ist, wie pures Gold: Eine ganze Lastwagenladung voll Benzin. Mit den Taschen voller Geld, stürzt Riva sich in das schillernde Nachtleben der Großstadt. Als Riva ein Auge auf die ebenso schöne, wie aufregende Nora wirft, scheint das Fass kurz vorm Überlaufen. Auch Noras Mann, der skrupellose Gangsterboss Azor, ist Riva fortan auf den Fersen. Doch Angst ist für Riva ein Fremdwort. Was folgt, ist eine atemlose und packende Jagd durch Kinshasa….
Félicité, a strong and proud woman, sings in bars in Kinshasa. She drifts away from reality when her 14-year-old son gets into an accident. In electric Kinshasa, she wanders in a world of music & dreams... until love unexpectedly brings her back to life.
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
Maki has been on the streets a long time and is married to Mbingazor, the gang’s boss. But at some point, the 19-year-old has had enough of this gang of boys, who are too busy getting high and drunk to do anything with themselves. Survival must be secured. The next time money for food runs out, Maki crosses paths with the much younger Acha. This newcomer is a fresh arrival in Kinshasa, and doesn’t yet know the rules. Spurred on by Acha’s beginner’s luck as a thief, the pair set off on an adventure together, which soon arouses Mbingazor’s jealousy.
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