Sambizanga

Credits

Name: Sambizanga

Country: Kongo

Year of publication: 1972

Format: 16 mm

Color: color

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 102 Minuten

Direction: Maldoror, Sarah; Agostini, Claude; Pons, Maurice

Screenplay: Maldoror, Sarah

Camera: Agostini, Claude

Editing: Klotz, Georges

Actor: de Oliveira, Domingos; Andrade, Elisa; M`Vondo, Jean; Abelino, Dino

Abstract

Sambizanga is set during Angola`s struggle for liberation from Portuguese domination, and tells the story of Maria Xavier`s search for her husband, a worker, who has been imprisoned and tortured by the secret police. Focusing on her day-to-day existence during the struggle, Maria`s physical journey gradually also marks the awakening of her political consciousness.
Guadeloupean-born director Sarah Maldoror was married to one of the leaders of the Angolan struggle for independence and devoted her filmmaking career to raising international awareness of the African liberation struggles. (Africultures)