Permeating the daily life of one of the great congolese orchestras of the current generation, “Rumba Rules“proposes an incursion into the arcanes of a monumental African music.Ya Mayi, Lumumba, Xéna La Guerrière, Pitchou Travolta, Alfred Solo, Soleil Patron and many others: nearly thirty artists feed the creative life of the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra. By entering the group and the city of Kinshasa, the film gets into the rumba as if it were penetrating a rootstock. Through studio work, rehearsals and concerts, different portraits offer a foray into the dynamics and stories of this highly acclaimed Congolese music. From local roots to the patrons from the diaspora, the voices of Rumba Rules polyphony are past and present.
featuring BRIGADE SARBATI ORCHESTRA a film by DAVID N. BERNATCHEZ SAMMY BALOJI with the contribution of KIRIPI KATEMBO-SIKU images DAVID N. BERNATCHEZ KIRIPI KATEMBO SIKU SAMMY BALOJI additionnal images NELSON MAKENGO sound DAVID N. BERNATCHEZ DOLET MALALU SERGE MAKOBO editing DAVID N. BERNATCHEZ editing advisers MICHEL GIROUX SYLVAIN L’ESPERANCE CHRISTELLE BERRY sound editing SIMON GERVAIS color grading MILÉNA TRIVIER mix ALEXIS PILON-GLADU producers ROSA SPALIVIERO DAVID N. BERNATCHEZ associate producers CARLO LECHEA KIRIPI KATEMBO-SIKU executive production PAYSDENVIE TWENTY NINE STUDIO PRODUCTION associate production MUTOTU IDEA coproduction Mu.ZEE (OSTENDE) FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE À PARIS with the support of CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC FONDS DE RECHERCHE DU QUÉBEC SUR LA SOCIÉTÉ ET LA CULTURE PRODUCTIONS RÉALISATIONS INDÉPENDANTES DE MONTRÉAL SPIRA
