| Identity Pieces | |
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| Directed by | Mweze Ngangura |
| Produced by | Mweze Ngangura |
| Written by | Mweze Ngangura |
| Music by | Jean-Louis Daulne Papa Wemba |
| Cinematography | Jacques Besse |
| Editing by | France Duez Ingrid Ralet |
| Distributed by | California Newsreel (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 14 September 1998 (Canada) 15 January 1999 (USA) 19 May 1999 (Belgium) 26 July 2000 (France) |
| Running time | 97 mins. |
| Country | Belgium France Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Language | French, Wolof |
Identity Pieces (French: Pièces d'identités) is a 1998 Belgian/French/Congolese comedy film written and directed by Mweze Ngangura. It premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Mani Kongo (Gérard Essomba) is the king of the Bakongo. His only daughter, Mwana, (Dominique Mesa) left for Belgium to study being a doctor, but contact with her has been lost. Mani Kongo decides to travel to Belgium in search of his beloved daughter. On arriving he will have to cope with the very best and the very worst of the black diaspora, as well as with prejudices rampant in European society. He himself will find good friends amongst poor low-class whites showing that nothing is ever black or white...
Identity Pieces won several awards at the 1999 Panafrican Film and Television Festival, including the grand prize. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Denver International Film Festival.