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Mwezé Ngangura is a Director, Writer and Producer born on 7 october 1950 at Bukavu
Mwezé Ngangura (born 7 October 1950) is a film director from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Pendant une dizaine d'années il tourne des films documentaires pour la télé zaïroise. En 1985, de retour en Europe, il travaille au scénario de La vie est belle, un long métrage qu'il réalise avec Benoît Lamy et qui aura un grand succès en Afrique noire francophone.
En 1994, il signe un documentaire surprenant : Lettre à Makura : les derniers bruxellois, le regard d'un ethnologue africain sur les marolliens, leurs us et coutumes.
En 1998 enfin, il met en scène Pièces d'identités, un long métrage de fiction tourné à Bruxelles (principalement dans le quartier de Matonge - Ixelles) et au Cameroun, qui a obtenu la même année le Prix du public lors du 8e Festival du cinéma africain de Milan et, en 1999, le Grand Prix FESPACO 99 à Ouagadougou.
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Birth 7 october 1950 (74 years) at Bukavu
Biography
Mwezé Ngangura débarque à vingt ans en Belgique et réalise, pendant ses études à l'Institut des arts de diffusion (IAD), Tamtam-électronique et Rhythm and blood, deux courts métrages.Pendant une dizaine d'années il tourne des films documentaires pour la télé zaïroise. En 1985, de retour en Europe, il travaille au scénario de La vie est belle, un long métrage qu'il réalise avec Benoît Lamy et qui aura un grand succès en Afrique noire francophone.
En 1994, il signe un documentaire surprenant : Lettre à Makura : les derniers bruxellois, le regard d'un ethnologue africain sur les marolliens, leurs us et coutumes.
En 1998 enfin, il met en scène Pièces d'identités, un long métrage de fiction tourné à Bruxelles (principalement dans le quartier de Matonge - Ixelles) et au Cameroun, qui a obtenu la même année le Prix du public lors du 8e Festival du cinéma africain de Milan et, en 1999, le Grand Prix FESPACO 99 à Ouagadougou.
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Filmography of Mwezé Ngangura (4 films)
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Pieces of Identity (2000)
, 1h37Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
Origin France
Genres Drama
Rating60%
Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana, (Dominique Mesa) left for Belgium to study being a doctor, but contact with her has been lost. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites showing that nothing is ever black or white...
Pieces of Identity (2000)
Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
Genres Drama
Rating60%
Mani Kongo est un vieux roi congolais. Il a envoye sa fille etudier en Belgique. Vingt ans plus tard, sans nouvelles d'elle, il part a sa recherche.
Life Is Rosy (1987)
, 1h23Directed by Benoît Lamy, Mwezé Ngangura
Origin Belgique
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Papa Wemba
Rating58%
Kourou goes from his village to Kinshasa, his heart full of dreams of music and success. The capital city of Zaire is then the center of “World Music”. Once there, he falls in love with Kabibi, a virginal young woman who wants to be a secretary. Unfortunately Nvouandou, a club owner searching for a second wife, also wants to marry her. Will Nyouandou’s first wife turn out to be the best ally for young Kourou?
Kin Kiesse (1982)
, 28minutesDirected by Mwezé Ngangura
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities
Kin Kiesse est un portrait de « Kin » (Kinshasa), capitale du Zaïre, mais aussi capitale des paradoxes et de la démesure, commenté par un de ses artistes dits « naïfs », le peintre Chéri Samba. On y découvre la « Kin » des boîtes de nuits, des buildings, des pousse-pousse, des cireurs de chaussures, des coiffeurs, la « Kin » des quartiers pauvres mais surtout la « Kin » de la musique où tous les genres se côtoient, depuis les fanfares de la fête de la bière, jusqu'à la rumba et aux danses traditionnelles, en passant par les orchestres les plus branchés.
Scriptwriter
Pieces of Identity (2000)
, 1h37Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
Origin France
Genres Drama
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana, (Dominique Mesa) left for Belgium to study being a doctor, but contact with her has been lost. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites showing that nothing is ever black or white...
Pieces of Identity (2000)
Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
Genres Drama
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Mani Kongo est un vieux roi congolais. Il a envoye sa fille etudier en Belgique. Vingt ans plus tard, sans nouvelles d'elle, il part a sa recherche.
Life Is Rosy (1987)
, 1h23Directed by Benoît Lamy, Mwezé Ngangura
Origin Belgique
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Papa Wemba
Roles Writer
Rating58%
Kourou goes from his village to Kinshasa, his heart full of dreams of music and success. The capital city of Zaire is then the center of “World Music”. Once there, he falls in love with Kabibi, a virginal young woman who wants to be a secretary. Unfortunately Nvouandou, a club owner searching for a second wife, also wants to marry her. Will Nyouandou’s first wife turn out to be the best ally for young Kourou?
Producer
Pieces of Identity (2000)
, 1h37Directed by Mwezé Ngangura
Origin France
Genres Drama
Roles Producer
Rating60%
Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana, (Dominique Mesa) left for Belgium to study being a doctor, but contact with her has been lost. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites showing that nothing is ever black or white...