Democratic Republic of the Congo / 1999 / 19mins / Romantic Comedy / French

Blasty and Céli love each other, but Blasty has another love: his stereo radio set. When he walks the streets of his native Kinshasa, Céli and the radio are always with him. He carries the radio on his shoulder, while Céli balances the battery on her head. The battery runs out, and Céli decides to buy a new one. A watt is a unit of electrical power, and 1.000 watt inflames Blasty for his pretty Céli.

Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda

Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda was born on 30 October 1957 in Kinshasa. He studied sociology, history and philosophy in Brussels, Belgium. He took courses in filmmaking in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. From 1979 to 1981 he was an instructor in the French Cultural Centre in Lubumbashi. In 1991 he made his first documentary, Dix mille ans de cinéma, and in 1993 released a second documentary on Thomas Sankara. His first fiction film was Le Damier - Papa National Oyé! (The Draughtsmen Clash) made in 1996. He was a member of the board of short films at CNC in France from 1999 to 2001. Balufu was a member of the Input 2000 (International Public Television) in Cape Town, South Africa and a member of CreaTV, UNESCO’s program for televisions in the South between 2000 and 2003. Bakupa-Kanyinda is a writer and a poet as well as a film director. New York University invited him to lecture in 2006 and 2007 at the NYU-Ghana campus in Accra. Balufu is a founding member of the Guild of African filmmakers and producers. Learn More