Divine Comedy

Divine Comedy

Divine Comedy

Divine Comedy

Divine Comedy

Mario
Directed by Billy Woodberry

Mário (Mário Pinto de Andrade, 1928-1990) follows the path of one of the founders and first president of the MPLA, but also a Pan-African thinker, guerrilla fighter, diplomat and poet, whose mission within the African liberation movements during the 1960s and 1970s was decisive for cultural representation in the newly formed African nations under the auspices of European decolonisation.

Constellations of the Equator
Directed by Silas Tiny

30 May 1967. Lieutenant Colonel Odemegwu Ojukwu unilaterally declares the independence of the secessionist state of Biafra over the rest of Nigeria. The hostilities between the two parties began the war and the first large-scale conflict on African territory. The geographical position of São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time a Portuguese colony, was decisive in the first civilian humanitarian aid effort.

A Story from Africa
Directed by Billy Woodberry

Following the 1885 Berlin Conference resolution on the partition of Africa, the Portuguese army uses a talented ensign to register the effective occupation of the territory conquered in 1907 to the Cuamato people, in the south of Angola. A Story from Africa enlivens this rarely seen photographic archive through the tragic tale of Calipalula, the Cuamato nobleman essential to the unfolding of events in this Portuguese pacification campaign.

The Song of the Ossobó
Directed by Silas Tiny

Rio do Ouro was one of the largest plantations in São Tomé and Príncipe during the Portuguese colonial period. Today, degradation is spreading throughout the area, putting São Tomé's collective memory at risk of extinction.

Silence at the source of the Ganges
Project proposal

In India in 1624, a Portuguese Jesuit followed the tracks of the legendary Preste João through the Himalayan mountains. He ends up becoming the first European to make contact with the kingdom of Tibet.

Forging World Order
Project proposal

Behind each map is a story of conquest, war and occupation, the resolution of which was sealed by a treaty between the geopolitical powers capable of shaping the world for generations to come.

Season 1 | 3x 60'-90'

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