2026 | Angola | Fiction

Meu Semba (My Semba)

  • Portuguese English 90 mins
  • Director | Hugo Salvaterra
  • Writer | Hugo Salvaterra
  • Producer | Jorge Cohen

STATUS: Completed

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A rap-fuelled, gritty and vibrant city symphony of Luanda, Angola, blending documentary and manifesto as it follows X and his siblings toward the dream of the big stage. Resilience, pride and collective voice. It’s ironic. / They call us black market. / Us, 70% of the work force. / The enslaved maid who cleans their houses. / The present eloquent body that raises their children. / The gliding driver that drives their cars. / An animal’s catharsis at each kuduro dance move, / and the pain lays forgotten, in the party’s subwoofer.

Rap Urban Rhythm Resilience Angola
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