Film/TV Workshop | 7 June 2011 08:53 CET

VIVA RIVA WINS MTV BEST AFRICAN MOVIE AWARDS

Source: AKINNAGBE AKINTOMIDE/NIGERIAFILMS.COM
Democratic Republic of Congo film maker,Djo Tunda Wa Munga won the first ever Mtv Best African Movie Awards with(VIVA RIVA).The 2011 20th annual Mtv Awards aired live on the network channel on June 5th 2011.The show was hosted by actor/comedian Jason Sudeikis at the Gibson Amphitheatre, in Universal City, California.
“Viva Riva!” is unprecedented: a story set in contemporary Democratic Republic of the Congo full of intrigue, music and a surprisingly frank approach to sex.
Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC's capital, he and his sidekick pursue a plot to get hold of a secret cache – barrels of fuel they can sell for a huge profit. Of course they're not the only ones who want the stuff. Cesar is a ruthless, sharply dressed foreigner thriving in Kinshasa's lawless streets. A female military officer joins the fray. Even the church will betray its tenets for a piece of the action. But Riva's main nemesis is Azor, a crime boss in the classic style: big, decadent and brutal. He's not a man to mess with, but his girlfriend, Nora, may just be the most seductive woman in all of DRC. Riva catches sight of her dancing at a nightclub and it's not long before Nora matches the fuel cache as a coveted object of his lust.

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