Boyamba Belgique, or, Why a king should not lose his sword
Dries Engels (Director, Producer), Ellen De Waele (Producer), Serendipity Films (Production company), Canvas (Television station : Belgium) (Production company), Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française (Production company), Iota Production (Firm) (Production company), Film Platform (Film distributor)
50 years ago, the majority of African colonies gained independence from European powers. During the independence ceremony of the largest African colony, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a young man poses a brave act. He steals the sword of the white king, thus symbolically claiming the power. Robert Lebeck eternalized the incident in a single shot. Later, the photographer went looking for this man, but he had vanished. An anonymous note in history. In 2009 and 2010, a small Belgium crew went to Democratic Republic of the Congo and met several "suspects"#x9D; and discovered some amazing theories about this deed. And finally, they found the thief!
Online Video, English, 2010
CAT&Docs, Paris, France, 2010