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Lamokowang

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Lamokowang (Calabash)
Directed byPetna Ndaliko
Screenplay byPetna Ndaliko
Produced byCentre d'étude et de production vidéographique
CinematographyPetna Ndaliko Katondolo
Edited byPetna Ndaliko
Music byLokua Kanza Watmon Cultural Group
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Lamokowang is a 2003 documentary film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Synopsis

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The calabash is used as a metaphor for Africa and its representation of cinema. The rhythm intrudes into the film to pose questions of yesterday's cinema and emphatically address tomorrow's. Will cinema be able to break free from clichés and prejudices? [1][2]

Production

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It is one of three short films along with True Story and Intervention Rapide made by Katondolo in conjunction with Yole!Africa, a community arts organization based in Goma.[3]

Awards

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  • Zanzíbar 2004

References

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  1. ^ "HW Weekend Picks: Black History Month At Maysles". Harlem World Magazine. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Portrait : le cinéaste congolais Petna Ndaliko ou l'ambassadeur de la réunification en pellicule". Digital Congo (in French). Kinshasa. 12 August 2005. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Event details". Break The Silence Congo Week. Retrieved 11 March 2012.