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Broadcast & Media

TV5 - FRANCE
Prime-time interview on France's leading international network, 2021
RTS - SWITZERLAND
Prime-time feature on Swiss French-language public television, 2021.
BBC RADIO - UK
Interview on the history and global influence of Congolese rumba, BBC World Service, 2021.
AFRICAN MOVIE ACADEMY AWARDS
Highlights from the ceremony where the African Movie Academy Awards announced The Rumba Kings as winner of the Best Diaspora Documentary award, 2022.

Striking Chords

THE GUARDIAN - UK
Selected as one of the best foreign films of 2021.
ROLLING STONE - FRANCE
Featured in coverage of the Musical Écran festival, where the film won the Audience Award.
SONGLINES - UK
"The definitive documentary of one of the world's great musical forms". April 2021 edition.
LA JORNADA - MEXICO
Feature in Mexico's leading cultural newspaper highlighting the film's role in making the case for UNESCO to recognise Congolese rumba as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a status granted later in December 2021.
AFROPOP WORLDWIDE - USA
Interview with director Alan Brain on the making of the film.
PAN AFRICAN MUSIC - FRANCE
The film dedicated to the golden age of Congolese rumba arrives in Europe for new premieres.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - PERU
The film represents Peru internationally, closing a major cultural event in Morocco.
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