Boyamba Belgique : or why a king should not lose his sword / director, Dries Engels ; script & research, Bart van Peel ; a film produced by Serendipity Films in co-production with Iota Production, RTBF - Documentaries, and Canvas ; a film by Dries Engels and Bart van Peel ; produced by Ellen De Waele.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Engels, Dries, director of photography, film director, film producer.

Peel, Bart van, film producer.

De Waele, Ellen, film producer.

Eaton, Vincent, narrator.

Serendipity Films, production company.

Canvas (Television station : Belgium), production company.

Iota Production (Firm), production company.

Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

History.

Decolonization.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Decolonization--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.

Belgium--Colonies--Africa--History.

Belgium.

Africa.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2019]

Language Note:

In English and French with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

The day before the Congo gained independence, the saber of the Belgian king Baudouin was stolen by a young Congolese. This documentary attempts to trace who the man was and the meaning and symbolism of the act.

Participant:

Voiceover, Vincent Eaton.

Credits:

Directory of photography, Carl Rottiers ; editing, Joris Vanden Berk ; original music, Christian Martin, Joris Vanden Berk.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Serendipity Films [and 3 others], ©2010; previously released in 2011.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 17, 2019).

Publisher Number:

if-bb Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.