Rumba Rules, New Genealogies

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies (French: Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies) is a documentary film, directed by Sammy Baloji and David Nadeau-Bernatchez and released in 2020.^[1] A coproduction of companies from Canada, Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the film is a portrait of the music scene in Kinshasa, centred in particular on the Congolese rumba group Orchestre de Brigade Sarbati.^[2]

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
French	Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies
Directed by	Sammy Baloji David Nadeau-Bernatchez
Written by	Sammy Baloji
Produced by	Rosa Spaliviero
Cinematography	Kiripi Katembo Siku
Edited by	David Nadeau-Bernatchez
Production company	Twenty Nine Studio
Distributed by	Spira
Release date	November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24) (IDFA)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Canada Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo
Language	Lingala

The film premiered in November 2020 at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam,^[3] and had its Canadian premiere in September 2021.^[4]

Awards

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Prix Iris	2022	Best Documentary Film	David Nadeau-Bernatchez, Sammy Baloji, Kiripi Katembo Siku, Rosa Spaliviero	Nominated	[5]
		Best Cinematography in a Documentary	David Nadeau-Bernatchez, Sammy Baloji, Kiripi Katembo Siku	Nominated
		Best Sound in a Documentary	Simon Gervais, Alexis Pilon-Gladu	Nominated