1972 | Angola, Republic of Congo, France | Fiction

Sambizanga

  • Portuguese, Kimbundu, Lingala English 102 mins
  • Director | Sarah Maldoror
  • Writer | Claude Agostini, Sarah Maldoror, Mario Pinto de Andrade, Maurice Pons, d’après le roman de José Luandino Vieira, A vida verdadeira de Domingos Xavier
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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The early days of resistance in Angola in the 1960s. Domingos Xavier, an activist in the MPLA, the Angolan party fighting for national liberation, is wrenched from the arms of his wife by a troop of soldiers who take him to an unknown destination. His wife sets off on an exhausting march across the whole country in search of her husband.

Liberation Resistance Colonialism Solidarity Resilience
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