Papa Wemba

Life Is Rosy (1987)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mwezé Ngangura  •  Benoît Lamy
CAST:  Papa Wemba  •  Landu Nzunzimbu Matshia  •  Bibi Krubwa  •  Kanko Kasongo

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mwezé Ngangura  •  Benoît Lamy
CAST:  Papa Wemba  •  Landu Nzunzimbu Matshia  •  Bibi Krubwa  •  Kanko Kasongo

Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live (1994)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Girard
CAST:  David Rhodes  •  Peter Gabriel  •  Paula Cole  •  Tony Levin

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Girard
CAST:  David Rhodes  •  Peter Gabriel  •  Paula Cole  •  Tony Levin

Africa Rising (2019)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Alexander Ntivyihabwa  •  Thorsten Ernst
CAST:  Vanessa Mdee  •  Gims  •  Sipho Dlamini  •  Binetou Sylla

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Alexander Ntivyihabwa  •  Thorsten Ernst
CAST:  Vanessa Mdee  •  Gims  •  Sipho Dlamini  •  Binetou Sylla

Wild Games (1997)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Lamy
CAST:  Richard Bohringer  •  Ute Lemper  •  Papa Wemba  •  Jacqueline Nicolas

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benoît Lamy
CAST:  Richard Bohringer  •  Ute Lemper  •  Papa Wemba  •  Jacqueline Nicolas

The Rumba Kings (2021)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Brain
CAST:  Manu Dibango  •  Papa Wemba  •  Simaro Lutumba  •  Paul Mwanga

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Brain
CAST:  Manu Dibango  •  Papa Wemba  •  Simaro Lutumba  •  Paul Mwanga

Les Habits neufs du gouverneur (2005)

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Félix Wazekwa  •  Marie Misamu  •  Tshanda  •  Papa Wemba

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Félix Wazekwa  •  Marie Misamu  •  Tshanda  •  Papa Wemba