Mwezé Ngangura [SEP] place of birth
Mwezé Ngangura
Mwezé Ngangura (born 7 October 1950) is a film director from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Early years.
Mwezé Ngangura was born in Bukavu, DRC on 7 October 1950.
At the age of twenty he won a scholarship to go to Belgium and study at the Institut des arts de diffusion, graduating in 1975.
While a student he made two short films, "Tamtam-Electronique" and "Rhythm and blood".
Returning to Zaire in 1976
the rumba to traditional dances, without leaving out the in-fashion bands of the time.
According to the film's director, Mwezé Ngangura, Chéri Samba was instrumental in the making of the film, convincing the French Ministry of Co-operation, France 2 and Congolese television that Ngangura could make a film on Kinshasa.
Awards.
- Fespaco 1983