The First Wednesday Film Club (FWFC) at Atlas Studios in Johannesburg will screen Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) / French / Belgian co-production Viva Riva! on 7 September at 7.30pm.
The film follows Riva, a small time operator who has returned to his hometown of Kinshasa with a fortune in hijacked petrol. Riva is soon entranced by the beautiful siren Nora, the woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes Riva’s Angolan ex-boss in search of a stolen shipment of gasoline.
Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Kinshasa is a seductively vibrant, lawless, fuel-starved sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas, bordellos and nightclubs and Riva is its perfect embodiment.
Wa Munga and South African producer Steve Markovitz will be in attendance at the screening.
The screening is free, courtesy of Indigenous Film Distribution with the support of the Goethe-Institut, but there is limited seating available on a first come first seated basis.
For more information on Viva Riva!, read the September issue of Screen Africa.
