Marrabentando – The Stories My Guitar Sings

Director:
Karen Boswall 
Producer:
 
Year:
2005 
Length:
52 MIN 
Land of origin:
Mozambique 
Category:
Docu 
Language:
Portuguese 
Subtitles:
English 


Touching documentary in which elderly ‘marrabentistas’ from Mozambique talk about their lives. In a mix of traditional marrabento songs and contemporary rap, their stories finds their way to the younger generation. Karen Boswall, who moved from London to Maputo Mozambique and back, has been making documentaries since 1997, such as Living Battles (1998), Dancing on the Edge (2001) and the music documentary Marrabentando the stories my guitar sings (2004). Boswall plays saxophone and writes (film)music.

Film schedule


City   Location   Date   Time   Extra
Amsterdam   Rialto (hoofdlocatie/main venue)   08-09-2006   14:45:00    
Amsterdam   Bitterzoet   10-09-2006   20:00:00    
Den Bosch   Verkadefabriek   16-09-2006   17:00:00    
Eindhoven   Plaza Futura   17-09-2006   15:00:00    
Marrabentando – The Stories My Guitar Sings