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Boyamba Belgique : or why a king should not lose his sword
- Summary
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The day before the Congo gained independence, the saber of the Belgian king Baudouin was stolen by a young Congolese. This documentary attempts to trace who the man was and the meaning and symbolis...
The day before the Congo gained independence, the saber of the Belgian king Baudouin was stolen by a young Congolese. This documentary attempts to trace who the man was and the meaning and symbolism of the act.
Details
- Creator
- director, Dries Engels ; script & research, Bart van Peel ; a film produced by Serendipity Films in co-production with Iota Production, RTBF - Documentaries, and Canvas ; a film by Dries Engels and Bart van Peel ; produced by Ellen De Waele
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Engels, Dries, director of photography, film director, film producer
- Peel, Bart van, film producer
- De Waele, Ellen, film producer
- Eaton, Vincent, narrator
- Serendipity Films
- Canvas (Television station : Belgium)
- Iota Production (Firm)
- Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française
- Icarus Films
- Publication
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- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2010]
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Credits
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- Voiceover, Vincent Eaton
- Directory of photography, Carl Rottiers ; editing, Joris Vanden Berk ; original music, Christian Martin, Joris Vanden Berk
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- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Serendipity Films [and 3 others], ©2010; previously released in 2011.
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- In English and French with English subtitles.