Benda Bilili!: Film Review

9:26 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Duane Byrge, AP

In this disturbing and inspirational documentary, filmmakers Renaud Barret and Florent de la Tullaye focus on an amazing street band, the Staff Benda Bilili.

CANNES -- Four paraplegics and three "abled" men with homeade instruments make the sweetest music on the "meanest streets" in the Congo. A rousing depiction of unimaginable poverty and transcendent resolve, "Benda Bilili!," which loosely translates to "beyond appearances," should strike strong chords on the festival circuit and enthrall cable viewers.