Sambizanga
This revolutionary bombshell by Sarah Maldoror chronicles the awakening of Angola’s independence movement. Based on a true story, Sambizanga follows a young woman as she makes her way from the outskirts of Luanda toward the city’s center looking for her husband after his arrest by the Portuguese authorities—an incident that will ultimately help to ignite a national uprising. Featuring a cast of nonprofessionals—many of whom were themselves involved in anticolonial resistance—this landmark work of political cinema honors the essential roles of women, as well as the hardships they endure, in the global struggle for liberation.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Domingos de Oliveira
- Domingos Xavier
- Elisa Andrade
- Maria
- Jean M’Vondo
- Petelo
- Adelino Nelumba
- Zito
- Benoît Moutsila
- Chico
- Tala Ngongo
- Miguel
- Lopes Rodrigues
- Mussunda
- Henriette Meya
- Bébiana
- Manuel Videira
- Police chief
Credits
- Director
- Sarah Maldoror
- Adaptation, screenplay, and dialogue
- Maurice Pons
- Adaptation, screenplay, and dialogue
- Mario de Andrade
- Based on the novel A vida verdadeira de Domingos Xavier by
- José Luandino Vieira
- Cinematography
- Claude Agostini
- Editor
- Georges Klotz
- Production manager
- Jean Velter
- Camera
- Jean-François Robin
- Technical consultant
- Jacques Poitrenaud
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