La Mémoire du Congo en péril (2005)

Directed by

Guy Bomanyama-Zandu

Genre

documentary film

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary looks at the deteriorating condition of thousands of films in the Congolese film archive, including early works from the 1930s and short films by Matamata and Pilipili from the 1950s. It shows the risk of losing an important part of Congo's cinema history.

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What happens

La Mémoire du Congo en péril est un film réalisé en 2006. La cinémathèque congolaise possède des milliers de films des cinéastes qui ont marqué l'histoire du cinéma au Congo. Ces archives, datant de 1935, sont dans un état déplorable et apparaissent aujourd'hui en voie de disparition. On peut citer parmi eux les courts métrages de Matamata et Pilipili réalisés par un missionnaire des Pères de Scheut dans les années 1950. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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