Sambizanga

Angola/France/Portugal 1972

A classic story about the Angolan freedom fight. A woman attempts to free her husband imprisoned by the Portuguese secret service for his revolutionary deeds. She finally finds him, but it’s obvious that he has been tortured. A film about the effect of his disappearance on his wife and child. An interesting point: members of the
Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) act in the film. The film won a Tanit D’or at the Carthage Film Festival in 1972.

Guadeloupean filmmaker Sarah Maldoror has produced several documentaries and films, but she is best known for the films she made in Africa, among which MONAGAMBE (1970). She is married to Angolan poet Mario de Andrade, the leader of the Angolan freedom movement.

Film schedule

City		Location		Date		Time
Amsterdam		Bioscoop Het Ketelhuis		06-09-2008		19:00
Rotterdam		Lantaren/Venster		07-09-2008		19:00