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Ashes of pardon

  • Ashes of pardon
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Feature
Running time : 82 (in minutes)
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A community lives far from civilisation in the forest of the Bas Congo. This united group's daily life is centred on the myth of the liberation of the Congo people. The army of faithful followers does penance by covering their bodies with ashes while at the same time chanting a passage from the Old Testament (Jonas 3, 5-6). Their ancestors had been quite correct in their predictions: the black man has regained his position with the election of Barack Obama and the day of their liberation is drawing near.

Colombia/Spain - Documentary, 2010- 82 min - Color / Black and white - Digital Language : French, KiKongo and Lingala

Directors : Gilbert Ndunga Nsangata / Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
Produced by : Antorcha Films (Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza) (Colombia), Tala Tala Producciones (Gabriel Amdur) (Spain) -

Selected at :
LA FABRIQUE DES CINEMAS DU MONDE 2011 (France, Cannes) / www.lescinemasdumonde.com/nouv/?p=1188&lang=en
África Produce 2011 (Spain, Tarifa)
MiradasDoc Market 2010 (Spain)

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