Bibliograph

Benda bilili!, [look beyond appearances], [produced by] National Geographic Entertainment, Screenrunner, La Belle Kinoise, Studio 37 ; a film by Renaud Barret & Florent de la Tulaye

Type

Label

Benda bilili!, [look beyond appearances], [produced by] National Geographic Entertainment, Screenrunner, La Belle Kinoise, Studio 37 ; a film by Renaud Barret & Florent de la Tulaye

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13

Main title

Benda bilili!

Oclc number

772537036

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally broadcast in 2010

Responsibility statement

[produced by] National Geographic Entertainment, Screenrunner, La Belle Kinoise, Studio 37 ; a film by Renaud Barret & Florent de la Tulaye

Runtime

Sub title

[look beyond appearances]

Summary

Follow an unlikely group of musicians in Kinshasa, capital of the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, from the streets to the world's stages. The band, Staff Benda Bilili, is a group of street musicians composed of four paraplegics and three able-bodied men. The core of the group is four singer/guitarists who use customized tricycles to get around. French film directors Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret document the band's struggles to survive through music in the volatile city

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification