Manu Dibango Movies

  • 2002
    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11

    6.52002HD

    Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...

    11’09”01—September 11
  • 2005
    Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

    Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

    Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

    6.32005HD

    The film is a sub-story to Kirikou and the Sorceress rather than a straight sequel. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is...

    Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
  • 1977
    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    6.91977HD

    The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba...

    Outsiders
  • 2009
    Soul Power

    Soul Power

    Soul Power

    6.32009HD

    Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing...

    Soul Power
  • 2004
    Hollow City

    Hollow City

    Hollow City

    6.22004HD

    A group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the aeroplane, 12-year-old N'Dala decides to leave the...

    Hollow City
  • 2003
    The Silence of the Forest

    The Silence of the Forest

    The Silence of the Forest

    62003HD

    A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that...

    The Silence of the Forest
  • 2019
    Africa Rising

    Africa Rising

    Africa Rising

    7.52019HD

    How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a...

    Africa Rising
  • 1982
    Forty Deuce

    Forty Deuce

    Forty Deuce

    5.31982HD

    A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

    Forty Deuce
  • 2022
    Soul Makossa Manu Dibango jazz Open Stuttgart - 1995

    Soul Makossa Manu Dibango jazz Open Stuttgart - 1995

    Soul Makossa Manu Dibango jazz Open Stuttgart - 1995

    02022HD

    Soul Makossa Manu Dibango jazz Open Stuttgart - 1995
  • 2021
    The Rumba Kings

    The Rumba Kings

    The Rumba Kings

    92021HD

    In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African...

    The Rumba Kings
  • 1994
    Black Light

    Black Light

    Black Light

    01994HD

    When a man's best friend is shot in cold blood by two corrupt policemen, he must track down the only eyewitnesses, who have deported to Mali.

    Black Light
  • 2002
    My Voice

    My Voice

    My Voice

    6.52002HD

    Vita, a young and beautiful African woman learns that finding love and happiness need not come at the sacrifice of one's identity.

    My Voice
  • 1976
    Salsa

    Salsa

    Salsa

    01976HD

    The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and...

    Salsa
  • 1976
    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    Countdown at Kusini

    01976HD

    An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.

    Countdown at Kusini
  • 2004
    Kounandi

    Kounandi

    Kounandi

    02004HD

    A dwarf born into an intolerant village meets a farmer who teaches her about love, friendship and sacrifice.

    Kounandi
  • 1972
    The Tam Tams Are Silent

    The Tam Tams Are Silent

    The Tam Tams Are Silent

    01972HD

    Abraham is a young sculptor who does not quite understand the changing world in which he lives. During a visit to the village, he falls for the...

    The Tam Tams Are Silent
  • 1992
    Changa Changa, rythmes en noirs et blancs

    Changa Changa, rythmes en noirs et blancs

    Changa Changa, rythmes en noirs et blancs

    01992HD

    A rare documentary made in Brussels in the early nineties collecting witnesses on how local and Congolese musicians enriched each other including...

    Changa Changa, rythmes en noirs et blancs
  • 1997
    Black Dju

    Black Dju

    Black Dju

    21997HD

    This standard slice-of-life drama is about Dju Dibonga (Richard Courcet), a young man who leaves his home on Cabo Verde, an island of Portuguese...

    Black Dju
  • 2014
    Manu Dibango fête ses 80 ans à l'Olympia de Paris

    Manu Dibango fête ses 80 ans à l'Olympia de Paris

    Manu Dibango fête ses 80 ans à l'Olympia de Paris

    82014HD

    Manu Dibango fête ses 80 ans à l'Olympia de Paris
  • 2004
    On dirait Nino Ferrer

    On dirait Nino Ferrer

    On dirait Nino Ferrer

    02004HD

    Nino Ferrer has had several lives: hits that made him famous; a dark but artistically fruitful period; a hidden life -of his own making- breaking...

    On dirait Nino Ferrer