Benda Bilili! – review

A cheerful, entertaining documentary about the meteoric success of African slum band Staff Benda Bilili, says Xan BrooksStaff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese buskers who gather beneath the acacia trees in Kinshasa zoo, where they dream of stardom and a mattress to call their own. This amiable documentary shows how they get there, trailing a ramshackle alliance of middle-aged paraplegics and street kids as they wend their way from African slum to European concert hall. If the journey feels ...

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