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Palavers of Mboloko (The)

  • Palabres de Mboloko (Les)
Genre : Drama
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1953
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

The Palavers of Mboloko is a series of seven short 16mm color "animated cartoons for Africans" produced in the Belgian Congo by the priest Father Roger Jamar during the 1950s. They have been called the first ‘African' films, despite being made by Europeans, because they incorporated elements of African folklore and music.

Dir. Roger Jamar

episode - Nkanda (Anger)
DR Congo, 1952-1953, 13 min x 7. Silent

Recently restored from the original 16mm prints, one film from this series - Nkanda (Anger) - will be screened at Congo in Harlem 2015 (New-York, USA).

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