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Letters from around the North County

The 2022 James River Film Festival is ready for its close-up.

2021 was the year when Congolese rumba music was officially added to the Unesco list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Nigerian feature film, Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) has been listed among best films of 2021. The Guardian UK writers selected the award winning film alongside other film from Africa, Asia and Latin America...

From a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, TheGuardian.com writers pick their favourite recent world cinema releases India The Great Indian Kitchen A leaking kitchen pipe is at the heart of this Malayalam language film, set in a relatively prosperous family home in scenic Kerala. Each day, the new bride asks […]

World music documentaries on Malian folk traditions and Congolese rumba do the business at this month's Cannes' Pan-African Awards

Exploring the golden age of Congolese rumba is what offers the documentary "The Rumba Kings", selected at the Pan-African Film Festival.

But I didnt know it at that time. So this experience at the funeral of Tabu Ley in 2013 leads you to these people, and thats where you get the idea to make this film? Long story short, the idea of the film probably happened in two moments. The first moment was when I watched an American documentary film called Playing for Change. Yes. Thats where musicians around the world collaborate together on covers of famous songs. Beautiful stuff. Yes, made by Mark Johnson. I fell in love with that. I sa...