Category Archives: Film
De Morgen – in Futur Simple
“The stunning opera singer that you see in the film Futur Simple working is the young Congolese countertenor Serge Kakudji. He was born in Kolwezi and grew up in Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga province.”
Read entire article in Dutch in De Morgen
See the trailer for the movie Futur Simple here
Rêve Kakudji – DOCUMENTARY FILM
A documentary film by Ibbe Daniëls and Koen Vidal, in coproduction with VRT-Canvas and Casa Kafka Pictures, Supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, the Belgian Development Cooperation, le centre du Cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles et de VOO. Serge Kakudji is a twenty-year-old Congolese counter tenor who fell in love with opera as a young boy, listening to cassette tapes of opera recordings in his room in Lumubashi. He later travelled to Europe to achieve his dream of becoming a top opera singer. Although Serge’s artistic ambitions are pure and uncomplicated, the reactions among his environment and audiences are often ambiguous and divided. http://www.flandersimage.com/browse-films/detail/ouverture Rêve Kakudji