David Nadeau-Bernatchez

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies offers an enjoyable, rough-edged glimpse into the music scene of Kinshasa, with impromptu shots drawing the viewer into jam sessions on plastic chairs, and the quest for perfection at the studio.

In a 1959 Union Nationale propaganda film, a narrator, sitting in the projection booth, suggests a diversion: revisiting the images of rural Quebec for what they are, by recreating the soundtrack live with 3 musicians.