Luanda, The Music Factory

Luanda, the Music Factory (original title: Luanda, a Fábrica da Música is a 2009 documentary film about Kuduro directed by Inês Gonçalves and Kiluanje Liberdade.

Luanda, the Music Factory
Directed by	Inês Gonçalves Kiluanje Liberdade
Written by	Inês Gonçalves Kiluanje Liberdade
Cinematography	Inês Gonçalves
Edited by	Maria Joana Figueiredo
Music by	Dj Buda Dj Mal Criado DJ Bobodji Mankilas Mutante
Production company	Noland Films
Distributed by	Marfilmes
Release date	2009 (2009)
Running time	54 minutes
Countries	Angola Portugal
Languages	Portuguese Kimbundu

Synopsis

In the middle of a Luanda slum (musseque), DJ Buda owns a recording studio, giving the opportunity to young singers to express themselves. Rhyming at Buda's beats, kids shout out all their worries and everyday experiences to his old micro with an incredible energy. In the end they dance joyfully, laugh and listen to their own work with the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.

A new music and parties' market is exploding with the new generation.

Festivals

• DokFest, Germany (2010)
• World Film Festival, Canada (2010)
• Festival de Cine Africano de Córdoba, Spain (2010)
• Play-Doc, Spain (2010)
• Africa in the Picture, The Netherlands (2009)
• DocLisboa, Portugal (2009)
• DokLeipzig, Germany (2009)
• My World Images, Denmark
• Centre for African Culture, Norway

Bibliography

• Alisch, Stefanie; Siegert, Nadine, Angolanidade revisited – Kuduro, ACADEMIC, 6-June-2011, available in [1]

External links

• Luanda, the Music Factory at IMDb
• Inês Gonçalves at IMDb
• Kiluanje Liberdade at IMDb
• 'AGORA LUANDA' Exhibition (in Portuguese)
• Luanda, the Music Factory at RTP (Portugal)
• Cinema Português
• Luanda, the Music Factory at Público (Portugal)
• Luanda, the Music Factory at Revista Visão' cinema blog.
• Kuduro de Angola
• in Diálogos antropológicos