THE STORY OF NE KUKO
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In a vitrine at the AfricaMuseum in Belgium stands Ne Kuko. This mysterious power statue was looted from its community in Congo and has been trapped behind glass for more than 100 years.
The film THE STORY OF NE KUKO shows the mission of activist Mwazulu Diyabanza to get African objects held in European museums returned to their homeland.
THE STORY OF NE KUKO Direction: Festus Toll, DCP, OmeU, 25 min
Guest
Festus Toll graduated from AKV St. Joost in Breda in 2017 with his film We Will Maintain, a personal documentary about his family, his origins and Dutch society. The film was selected for IDFA 2017, received a nomination for the Pathé Tuschinski Award and the Special Jury Award, and won the TENT Award 2017. With his short documentary When You Hear the Divine Call (2020), a film about what 'home' means and about where your roots are, Festus won the VERS Film Award 2021. His documentary THE STORY OF NE KUKO (2023) premiered in IDFA's Short Film Competition and then screened at HotDocs 2024.