Benda Bilili!
- IMDb link: 1625857
- IMDb rating: 7.4 (841 votes) Search
- Genres: Music, Documentary
- Director: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye
- Cast: Leon Likabu, Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali, Waroma 'Santu Papa' Abi-Ngoma, Kabanka Kabose Kasungo, Zadis Mbulu Nzungu and others
- Release date: 8 Sep 2010
- Release year: 2010
- Runtime: 85 minutes
- Country: The Democratic Republic of Congo, France
- Keywords: democratic republic of the congo, marijuana, train, world music, man uses a wheelchair, poverty, music documentary, kinshasa, paraplegic, handicapped
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Kinshasa, DRCongo, 2005: Benda Bilili, poor paraplegic street musicians, get noticed by a French film team. Studio recordings get their music out on album and 2009, they have concerts in Europe.
Summer 2009. Five paraplegics and a young able-bodied teenager light up the stage in front of an entranced audience of 8000 people. "Benda Bilili" - in English "See Beyond", is the name of this Kinshasa band which has acquired a global following. Chances of success were slim at first for these homeless handicapped artists who struggled to survive on the streets of their dilapidated capital. "Benda Bilili" is not a music film, it's the story of a dream that became reality. And a plunge into the streets of Kinshasa without a safety net.
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