MÁRIO

Credits

Name: MÁRIO

Country: PT/FR/USA/Angola

Year of publication: 2024

Format: DCP

Language : OmeU

Duration: 120 Minuten

Series: 21. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Woodberry, Billy

Abstract

MÁRIO tells the story of Mário de Andrade (1928 - 1990), a pan-African intellectual, activist, diplomat and poet who spent his entire life fighting for African nation-building in the firm belief that independence from colonialism is the beginning and not the end of the struggle. Raised in Angola, one of the last European colonies in Africa, Mário left his homeland to fight tirelessly in exile for African sovereignty. Together with companions from other Portuguese-occupied territories – Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Guinea-Bissau – MÁRIO coordinates the bases of the liberation movements in the Portuguese colonies.