Sunday in Brazzaville (2012)
★★★ — Sunday in Brazzaville (2012)
Sunday in Brazzaville is a short documentary from Catalan filmmakers Adrià Monés and Enric Bach, produced with support from TV3 (the Catalan public broadcaster) and Télévision Congolaise. Shot on location in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo (not to be confused with its larger neighbour, the Democratic Republic of Congo), the film focuses on three figures from the city's street-level subcultures: the sapeurs, a community built around immaculate high fashion worn defiantly against a backdrop of poverty; a rapper trying to record without a functioning music industry; and a veteran wrestler leaning on faith and ritual. At 53 minutes, it sits comfortably in the territory of the mid-length documentary, a format common in European public broadcasting co-productions of this period.
A-Z World Movie Tour Congo Sunday in Brazzaville is a good documentary about the subculture of Brazzaville including eccentric clothing, hip hop music and of course... pro wrestling! It was pretty interesting and a real look into a place that was once voted the worst place in the world to live It wasn't particularly profound and didn't delve too deeply into the culture itself, more like the perspective of 3 major characters within the culture. The funeral was particularly emotive though Overall I'd give this a 3* as an enjoyable documentary but nothing groundbreaking
Rating: ★★★ | Year: 2012 | Watched: 2025-06-03
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