SYNOPSIS
30 May 1967. Lieutenant Colonel Odemegwu Ojukwu unilaterally declares the independence of the secessionist state of Biafra over the rest of Nigeria. The federal government headed by Yakubu Gowon leads a military offensive to recover the region. The hostilities between the two parties will lead to war and the first large-scale conflict on African territory. São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time a Portuguese colony, was close to the Biafra region by air. Its geographical position will be decisive in the course of the war. 50 years later, a ghost searches for traces in the memory of the victims of that event.

DIRECTING AND CASTING
Realisation and editing: Silas Tiny
Cast: Commander Ferro
Producers: Rui Alexandre Santos and Teresa de Jesus Andrade
Co-Producer: Gerson Soares
Cinematography:João Vagos
Direct sound: João Sales Moreira
Sound post-production: Luís Zhang
Music: Luís Fernandes and Hugo Vasco Reis
Participation: Artur Alves Pereira, Evarisa Ani, Fernanda Triste Paquete, Filinto Costa Alegre, Gil Pinto de Sousa, Maria Antónia Quaresma, Lázaro Afonso
Voice Off: Billy Woodberry
Poems by: Chinua Achebe

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
* Sheffield Doc Fest 2021 International Competition | Special Jury Award * Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Europe Oxalá 2022 FCAT - Film Festival * African - Tariff-Tanger 2022 * Tigritudes Festival 2022 - Paris Forum Des Images * DocLisboa 2021 - National Competition (National Premiere) * Porto Post Doc 2021 - Competition - Spoken Cinema

Prizes:
Special Jury Prize Sheffield DocFest 2021

MORE INFORMATION
Audio: Portuguese
Subtitles: Portuguese
Original title: Constellations of the Equator
Gender: Documentary
Country: Portugal