Baudouin I of Belgium
Acting
Biography
Baudouin (US: /boʊˈdwæ̃/; 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire). Baudouin was the elder son of King Leopold III (1901–1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935). Because he and his wife, Queen Fabiola, had no children, at Baudouin's death the crown passed to his younger brother, King Albert II. In 2024, the Holy See opened the cause for his beatification, which gave him the title Servant of God. Description above from the Wikipedia article Baudouin of Belgium, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.
Decolonisation
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.
Africa Rising
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Belgique nazie
A documentary view of the galas of Paris’s Palais Garnier in the 1950s and ’60s.
A Night at the Opera
In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.
The Rumba Kings
Documentary about monarchy and royal courts around the world.
Im Glanze ihrer Kronen
A documentary surrounding the life of King Baudouin Prince of Belgium