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Baloji Tshiani

Baloji Tshiani

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Biography

Baloji (born 12 September 1978; Lubumbashi) is a Belgian rapper, hip hop artist and filmmaker of Congolese origin. Known as MC Balo in the hip hop group Starflam, he continued as solo artist starting 2004.

Known For

Magic Mike's Last Dance
6.4

Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?

Magic Mike's Last Dance

2023
Bullhead
7.1

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

Bullhead

2011
Omen
5.8

After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.

Omen

2023
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Musicians give an exclusive look into their personal record collection and reveal their most crucial influences.

Off the record

2015
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November 1943, German-occupied Belgium. In the face of grave danger if caught, the Independent Front, a Belgian resistance organization, publishes a spoof edition of Le Soir to satirize the German occupiers and the nation’s main propaganda-controlled newspaper. Le Faux Soir is considered the first act of media hacking in history.

Le faux soir

Binti
5.9

Binti is a 12-year-old girl of Congolese origin who dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana. But when the police raid her home and try to deport her and her father Jovial, they are forced to flee. Binti meets Elias and befriends her. While Binti helps Elias to vlog about his 'save-the-okapi-club', she hatches the perfect plan: her dad has to marry Elias’s mom, so they can stay in Belgium.

Binti

2019
Zombies
6.1

A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban parade to a dictator's sense of glory to a modern western in the style of Takeshi Kitano.

Zombies

2019
How Camels Become Lions
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A depiction of the urge for freedom. Through 4 episodes we see 4 family members in a moment when they are tired of being a camel, as a beast of burden. They realise their tasks are meaningless and find themselves in a spiritual desert. The camel wants to become a lion. A spirit that fights against the false values in order to find his own place, his own freedom. Vincent, Renée, Alice and Robin are searching for the strength to undergo this transformation.

How Camels Become Lions

2017
Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit
6.0

The Congolese-Belgian artist Baloji looks at Congolese pygmy wedding traditions.

Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

2018
Augure: Infinite Trolling
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INFINITE TROLLING toys with the infinite scroll that fuels social media – and this erratic stream of content as a path to desensitization. Oscillating between narratives, the film moves through a series of disjointed yet intertwined vignettes, finding a disquieting sense of the surreal in the art of assemblage.

Augure: Infinite Trolling

2024
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6.2

A poetic portrait of people working in the state-run post office, rail station and fire headquarters in the 3rd largest city of Africa, Kinshasa.

Elephant's Dream

2014
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Mulatresse Solitude

Never Look at the Sun
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Ancestral patterns combined with modern prejudices and stigma explain skin bleaching.

Never Look at the Sun

2024
Kaniama Show
4.0

Kaniama Show is a satire of national TV in an African country, spreading its propaganda of soft power between complaisant interviews and musical interludes.

Kaniama Show

2018
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An experimental cross-over music film, connected to the conceptual music album EASY ALICE. Both creations reflect on sovereignty, isolation, seclusion, schizophrenia, gender balance and the desire for detachment. It researches the encounter between the world of Kafka, Alice in Wonderland, PJ Harvey, Eminem and Nietzsche. The movie script is based on diverse interviews with iconic figures as David Bowie, Paolo Pasolini, Donald Trump, Prince, Grace Jones, Leonard Cohen and Roy Cohn.

I Can't Go Back to Yesterday

2020