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Benda Bilili Details

2010 Certificate PG
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From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo comes one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film. Five years in the making, Benda Bilili follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album. Four of the group are paraplegic s who get around Kinshasa in Mad Max/ Easy Rider style .. Read more

Starring Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali, Leon Likabu, Montana
Director Renaud Barret, Florent De La Tullaye, Renaud Ba, Renaud Barret, Florent De La Tul, Renaud Ba
Genres Documentary

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Benda Bilili

From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo comes one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film. Five years in the making, Benda Bilili follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album.

Four of the group are paraplegic s who get around Kinshasa in Mad Max/ Easy Rider style customized wheelchairs. The other three are homeless street children whose star is Roger Landau - a teenage prodigy who plays on a home-made, single string guitar fashioned from a tin can.

Prepare to lose yourself in the remarkable true story of Benda Bilili as we follow them from their first recording session to worldwide acclaim and stardom. Hailed as the new Buena Vista Social Club and brimming with humour in the vein of Anvil, Benda Bilili is an inspirational, infectious, hilarious and life-affirming story of a dream that becomes reality.

Starring Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali, Leon Likabu, Montana, Theo Nsituvuidi
Director Renaud Barret, Florent De La Tullaye, Renaud Ba, Renaud Barret, Florent De La Tul, Renaud Ba
Studio SHOWBOX MEDIA GROUP LTD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Subtitles Blu-ray: English
Released Production year: 2010

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DVD: 16 May 2011
Blu-ray: 16 May 2011

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      From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo comes one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film. Five years in the making, Benda Bilili follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album.

      Four of the group are paraplegic s who get around ...

    • Benda Bilili
      From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo comes one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film. Five years in the making, Benda Bilili follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album.

      Four of the group are paraplegic s who get around ...