Viva Riva!

Event Date: May 24, 2011 - 7:30pm

Location: James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall

Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga in person for a Q&A following the screening!

Riva is a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful night club denizen Nora, the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline. Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Kinshasa is a seductively vibrant, lawless, fuel-starved sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas, bordellos and nightclubs and Riva is its perfect embodiment.

Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2010, Berlin Film Festival 2011

Winner of 6 African Movie Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best Director

"A blast from start to finish" – Robert Koehler, VARIETY

"A bold crime action film that’s vicious, sexy and throbbingly realistic." – Maggie Lee, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Djo Tunda Wa Munga
Starring: Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna, Marlene Longage, Diplome Amekindra, Alex Herabo
Cinematography: Antoine Roch
A Music Box Films release
In Lingala and French with English subtitles
96 minutes, 35mm