Papa Wemba

Papa Wemba

Movies for Papa Wemba...

The Rumba Kings
Title: The Rumba Kings
Character: Self - Singer
Released: May 6, 2021
Type: Movie
In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.
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Africa Rising
Title: Africa Rising
Character: Self - Musician (archive footage)
Released: June 3, 2019
Type: Movie
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.
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Les Habits neufs du gouverneur
Title: Les Habits neufs du gouverneur
Character: Griot Makasi
Released: April 5, 2005
Type: Movie
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The Importance of Being Elegant
Title: The Importance of Being Elegant
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2004
Type: Movie
Set to the soundtrack of Papa Wemba's extraordinary music, this outrageous, funny and eye-opening film depicts the underground world of a flamboyant African cult. Papa Wemba is a well-known Congolese singer. He is also a big cheese in Le Sape, the Société des Ambianceurs et Persons Élégants, which translated into English means a society of people who spend huge amounts of money on designer clothes with the motive of making themselves as conspicuously elegant as possible. The film is a splendid evocation of Papa Wemba's music, but it is also an unusual insight into what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary Europe. The sapeur have borrowed from our own culture, creating something rich and strange and wholly Congolese. Don't miss the scene where they try on fur coats.
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Wild Games
Title: Wild Games
Character: L'africain
Released: September 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Once upon a time a carnivorous advertising methodist (Richard Bohringer) finds himself stuck between floors in an old elevator. The owner of the deserted building (Ute Lemper) does not help, but plays with him like a prey trapped. To get out, he threatens, attempts to seduce, to deceive, to be honest. After this confrontation for several days...
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Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live
Title: Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live
Character: Self - Guest Artist
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Filmed in Modena, Italy across two nights in November 1993 as part of Peter Gabriel's acclaimed Secret World Live tour in support of the Us album, the show is elaborately presented and choreographed with two stages joined by a narrow pier. Peter Gabriel has always been a charismatic live performer with the ability to draw his audience into the onstage world he has created and rarely has this been better captured than on Secret World Live.
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Life Is Rosy
Title: Life Is Rosy
Character: Kourou
Released: November 17, 1987
Type: Movie
A young man with dreams of pursuing a career in music moves form his small village to the capital. Along the way he falls head over heels for a woman - the same woman his boss is also pursuing for his own reasons.