RENZO MARTENS (Brussels)
Enjoy Poverty
Film - Swiss Premiere
Ancienne Gare
Tuesday 29.6. 20:00, followed by a discussion
Thursday 1.7. 20:00
Language: en français & in English
CHF 10.-
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Photo © Enjoy Poverty
Armed with a camera, Renzo Martens undertook a journey for years on end through the Congo. He examined Africa’s most lucrative manufacture of export: filmed poverty. As with gold or cacao, the locals barely get anything in return for this product. Therefore Martens launches a campaign deep in the jungle of Congo to teach the African people ‘to profit’ from their poverty. Enjoy Poverty is a combination of journalism, satire and an obstinate, critical look.
By: Renzo Martens; Editing Jan De Coster; consulting editing: Eric Vanderborght, on-line studio Condor; sound Raf Enckels; mix: Federik van de Moortel; production; Renzo Martens, Menselijke Activiteiten, Peter Krüger, Inti Films;
With the support of: The Netherlands Film Fund, VAF, Nationale Commissie voor Internationale Betrekkingen en Duurzame Ontwikkeling, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds,Vpro, Lichtpunt, Yle, Tsr, Orf.
