We Too Walked on the Moon

We Too Walked on the Moon is a 2009 film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda.

We Too Walked on the Moon
Directed byBalufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
Produced byDipanda Yo!
Screenplay byBalufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
StarringJean Goubald Kalala
Dorcas Mbombo Kabongo
Jean Shaka Tshipamba
Virginie Malonda
Dominique Mpundu
Music byMaria Baratta
CinematographyOlivier Pulinckx
Edited byMarc Recchia
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryAlgeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Synopsis

The movie is set in 1969 in Kinshasa, Congo, amid the American moon landings on July 21 of that year. Husband and wife couple Tanga and Nika wait for Sister Mwezi to spend a "Moon" evening with Nika's brother Muntu-wa-Bantu. However, the nun does not appear. The Moon is full. Muntu-wa-Bantu holds the transistor radio up to his ear as he stares at the Moon. He wants to see the first steps of mankind on the Moon for himself, but cannot reconcile the radio commentary with what he sees. Questioning the Moon's distance from the Earth, Muntu-wa-Bantu decides that he too will walk on the Moon.

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