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It is a documentary film about probably the only existing symphony orchestra in Central
Africa.
The orchestra is symphonic, Kimberangist is an orchestra formed 15 years ago in Kinshasa,
the capital of Congo.
The system, city of Kinshasa, is very, very badly working, but the system, symphony orchestra,
which we found there, they manage.
And that in itself has proved that it's not the fault of those people.
It is, there's something else going wrong, but it's obvious that those people, the Congolese
musicians who see in our film, they can't achieve anything.
They can achieve much more than I could, because I mean, they make their own instruments.
I can't even play a double bass, not to mention make one, and they do it.
As the devil himself tried to invite, he not only carry on instrumental music, but other
instruments as well as violin, sub-bass, guitar, flute, etc.
Not enough effort they made to make it so that the audience could tell that music in
And with that they can do everything,
to make instruments themselves and do their best.
Those musicians create something that is not about survival.
Their us they don't study or perform music to make money
or to have a career or to do,
to better the situation they're in.
They do it in order to have something which is maybe more to the top of the pyramid you just mentioned.
And I like that. I think we should more often look to people in all parts of the world who try to do that.
It is not all about having enough money or having a car at the end. It is not all about that. It is about much more.
At the beginning of the orchestra, it was really difficult. I remember when we found about 12 young people who wanted to learn how to play the violin.
But I think we only had five violins. And the difficulty was that there was one who started, who played for about 20 minutes.
And then he had to move on to the other one.
Our media and us filmmakers, we have a tendency to focus on the very dark sides of Africa and the very problematic, chaotic sides, war, famine, the problems.
Which is an important thing to do, obviously. But we shouldn't forget that there are millions of people living in a country, even a country like Congo.
One of the poorest countries in the world, 60 million inhabitants.
They aren't all into war. Most of them try to have a decent life for themselves and for their children and families.
And I think, I hope that in Kinshasa Symphony, we could capture some of that spirit, that there is normality, even under very difficult circumstances.
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