A blast from start to finish, writer-director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s “Viva Riva!” marks the Congo as an African filmmaking center to watch. Reveling in genre codes and reminiscent of Tony Scott’s mix of ...
Director Djo Tunda Wo Munga’s Viva Riva is a sweaty, earthy, blistering new crime drama shot and set in the Congo. And while it doesn’t offer anything new narratively, the rogues gallery of gangsters ...
Congolese director Munga Djo (Viva Riva!) is flying to Hong Kong’s Filmart to find local backers for a new feature he’s billing at the first ever Sino-African co-production. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...
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Corruption taints every level of society in this pulsating neonoir from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After ten years abroad, a cocky thief returns to his native Kinshasa with a truckload of ...