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Sambizanga is a 1972 film directed by Sarah Maldoror and written by Maldoror, Mário Pinto de Andrade, and Maurice Pons, based on the 1961 novella The Real Life of Domingos Xavier by José Luandino Vieira.
Apr 26, 1973 · Sambizanga: Directed by Sarah Maldoror. With Elisa Andrade, Domingos de Oliveira, Jean M'Vondo, Dino Abelino. A man is wrongfully arrested and tortured to death after he is suspected of being part of a revolutionary group.
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- Sarah Maldoror
- 1973-04-26
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.
- Domingos Xavier
Sep 28, 2022 · This film, about the Angolan struggle for independence from Portuguese colonization, made her one of the first women of African descent to direct a feature film on the African continent and was awarded the prestigious Tanit d’or grand prize at the 1972 Carthage Film Festival.
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.
A searing, indelible portrait of anti-colonial struggle in 1970s Africa, Sambizanga is a forceful, stirring evocation of the Angolan population’s plight before the revolution and their intensifying political consciousness during it.
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Set in the weeks leading up to the guerrilla war for independence, Sambizanga focuses on the plight of a young couple. Domingos (Domingos de Oliveira), a member of the liberation movement, is arrested, interrogated, brutally beaten and sent to the dreaded Luanda prison by Portuguese authorities.
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