Sambizanga
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sarah Maldoror
Domingos Oliviera
Elisa Deandrade
Dino Abelino
Jean M'vondo
Benoit Moustila
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sambizanga is a working class neighborhood in Luanda, the capitol of Angola. In 1961 it was the site of the first uprising of the Angolan resistance against the Portuguese colonizers..."Sambizanga" is the story of the coming to consciousness of Maria Xavier as she searches for her husband who has been imprisoned and tortured.
Director
Sarah Maldoror
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debut for Sarah Maldoror, after working as Gillo Pontecorvo's assistant on "The Battle of Algiers" (Algeria/Italy/1966); Maldoror co-scrpited "Sambizanga" with her husband Mario de Andrade, a leader in the Angolan revolution/MPLA.
Shown at Contemporary Films of the African Diaspora Festival in New York City November 24 - December 8, 1995.
Shown at Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles October 13-26, 1994.
Shown at Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival in Chicago March 21-24, 1996.
Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of series "Spotlight on African Filmmakers" May 1-4, 1999.
c Eastmancolor
dialogue Portuguese
subtitled English
