Free Showing of Movie about the Kongo- Cantonments, Accra, Ghana-gctid60367

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Kinshasa Symphony           Film
11.10.2012, 7.30pm
Goethe-Institut
Free
                                                                                     
                                    
                    "Kinshasa Symphony" shows how people living in one of the most  chaotic cities in the world have managed to forge one of the most  complex systems of human cooperation ever invented: a symphony  orchestra. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa  and about music.

"Kinshasa Symphony" – a three-way perspective

The City: Kinshasa
One of the youngest, biggest, most chaotic cities in the world. One of the fastest growing megacities, a veritable Moloch.  

The People: Various "Kinois"
Among the people guiding us through the city are bread salesgirl  Chantal Ikina, electrician and hairdresser Joseph, artisan Albert  Matubenza and preacher Armand Diangienda. What they all have in common  is their love of music. Chantal and Joseph are violinists, Albert can  play all string instruments as well as the guitar and Armand is the  conductor.  

The Music: "L'Orchestere Symphonique Kimbanguiste"
The tortuous paths of these "Kinois" through the different worlds of  the city converge at the rehearsal venue of the only symphony orchestra  not only in Kinshasa or the Congo, but in all sub-Saharan Kmt.