Annette Kouamba Matondo Explained

Annette Kouamba Matondo
Nationality:	Congolese
Occupation:	film director . journalist . blogger

Annette Kouamba Matondo is a film director, journalist and blogger from the Republic of the Congo.^{[1] [2]} She is editor of La Nouvelle République, a newspaper based in Brazzaville.^[3] Her first film, On n'oublie pas, on pardonne, commemorates the disappearance of 353 refugees in 1999 from the port in Brazzaville.^[4] In it the actress Sylvie Dyclos-Pomos writes a play based on the event.^[5] The title uses a phrase associated with Nelson Mandela. The film was described by film-maker Beti Ellerson as "cathartic".^[6] Her second film, De quoi avons-nous peur? raises awareness of censorship and self-censorship in journalism. In a third film, Au-delà de la souffrance, she draws attention to the explosion on 4 March 2012 at an ammunition depot in Mpila.

Filmography

• On n'oublie pas, on pardonne (2010)^[7]
• De quoi avons-nous peur ? (2010)
• Au-delà de la souffrance (2012)

Awards

• Best Documentary: De quoi avons-nous peur ? – Tazama Festival Festival (2010)^[8]
• Audience Award: On n'oublie pas, on pardonne – Festival Ciné Sud de Cozes (2011)^[1]

References

1. Web site: Annette Kouamba Matondo. 2021-09-20. www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com.
2. Web site: La renaissance du cinéma brazzavillois. 2021-09-20. VOA. fr.
3. Web site: 2014-07-30. Congo : Annette Kouamba Matondo, caméra au poing – Jeune Afrique. 2021-09-20. JeuneAfrique.com. fr-FR.
4. News: 2005-07-21. Congo refugees murder trial opens. en-GB. 2021-09-20.
5. Book: Barlet, Olivier. Contemporary African Cinema. 2016-08-01. MSU Press. 978-1-62895-270-4. en.
6. Ellerson. Beti. 2018. Onscreen Narratives, Offscreen Lives: African Women Inscribing the Self. Black Camera. 9. 2. 460–476. 10.2979/blackcamera.9.2.29. 10.2979/blackcamera.9.2.29. 194986880. 1536-3155.
7. Web site: Personnes Africultures : Kouamba Matondo Annette. 2021-09-20. Africultures. fr-FR.
8. Web site: Portrait: Annette Kouamba-Matondo, réalisatrice (Congo-Brazzaville) adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo. 2021-09-20. www.adiac-congo.com.