Get Up, Kinshasa!
No polished shoes, no school! Ten-year-old Samuel is about to discover how to muddle through in beautiful Kin(shasa).
- France, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2016, 20 min
- Director: Sébastien Maitre
- Director of photography: Rémi Mazet
- Editor: Inès de la Bévière
- Screenplay: Valérie Gaudissart, Sébastien Maître
- Cast: Moïse Ilunga, Jupiter, Bryan Mbuangi Maloji, Merlin Dianda, Starlette Mathata
- Contacts: LA RUCHE PRODUCTIONS
- Art Director: Patouche Monzoï
- Producer: Laura Townsend, Sébastien Maître
- Production: La Ruche Productions
Sébastien Maitre
Production Manager for 15 years, Sébastien Maitre worked on numerous feature-films and lived for several years in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After attending a formation called « Write a Documentary Film » in 2014 Sébastien directed « Sheeted Love », his first documentary portrait. In 2015 he started working on a short film called « Wake Up Kinshasa! », as well as on « Kinshasa’s Small Jobs », a series of documentary spots reflecting life in Kinshasa.