 According to the film's director, Mwezé Ngangura, Samba was instrumental in the making of the film, convincing the French Ministry of Co-operation, France 2 and Congolese television that Ngangura could make a film on Kinshasa.Samba's breakthrough was the exhibition "Les Magiciens de la Terre" at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1989, which made him known internationally.In 2007, curator Robert Storr invited Samba to participate in the 52nd International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, entitled "Think with the Senses—Feel with the Mind.