Rising Up at Night (Tongo Saa)
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Open captions in-person
Kinshasa and its inhabitants are in darkness. They wait and struggle to get access to light. Between hope, disappointment and religious faith, Rising Up at Night is a subtle and fragmented portrait of a population that, despite the challenges, is sublimated by the beauty of Kinshasa’s nights.
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Directors Spotlight
Nelson Makengo
Director
Director, cinematographer, and producer, Nelson Makengo lives and works in Kinshasa. His fifth film Nuit Debout (Best Short Documentary – IDFA 2019) was screened in 100+ festivals around the world. Rising up at night, which premiered at the Berlinale in their Panorama section, is his first feature-length documentary.
- Runtime
- 96 minutes
- Country
- DR Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar
- Language
- Lingala
- Director
- Nelson Makengo
- Cast
- Nelson Makengo
- Cinematographer
- Nelson Makengo
- Composer
- Bao Sissoko, Wouter Vandenabeele
- Executive Producer
- Florian Schewe, Michel K. Zongo, Marie Logie, Samuel Feller, Isabelle Christiaens
- Production Design
- Bao Sissoko, Wouter Vandenabeele
- Screenwriter
- Nelson Makengo
- Co Producer
- Florian Schewe, Michel K. Zongo, Marie Logie, Samuel Feller, Isabelle Christiaens
- Editor
- Inneke Van Waeyenberghe
- Producer
- Rosa Spaliviero, Dada Kahindo Siku
- Sound Design
- Franck Moka
- Premiere
- Philadelphia