He made his first documentary, Cheri Samba, in 1980. This is a portrait of a popular young painter from Kinshasa. His next work Kin Kiesse documents the sweet and sour pleasures of Kinshasa la Belle.[2] "Kin-Kiesse" won prizes in Ouagadougou (FESPACO '83), Hammamet (CIRTEF '83), and was selected for INPUT '86 in Montreal.[1]