Mário
Mário follows the story and legacy of Mário Pinto de Andrade, founder of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Pan-African thinker and activist whose critical mission within the African liberation movements of the 60’s and 70’s laid the groundwork for the identity and representation of the newly formed African nations after European colonization.Growing up in Angola, one of the last European colonies in Africa, Mário left his home in 1928 to study in the Portuguese metropolis of Lisbon for what would become a lifelong exile. With companions from other Portuguese-held territories — Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Guinea-Bissau — Mário coordinates the bases of the liberation movements of the Portuguese colonies from Paris where he is secretary at Présence Africaine magazine and an active member in the city’s intellectual scene. Internationalist solidarity and a deep love for his homeland leads Mário to devote himself completely to the liberation of the African colonies, traveling the globe on a mission for the success of the flowering liberation movements in Africa and worldwide.
Mário was the founding member of the Angolan liberation movement MPLA, its first president and main diplomat; the founder of CONCP (Conference of the Nationalist Organization of the Portuguese Colonies), a unique organization gathering all the liberation movements from the Portuguese colonies in a joint effort of independence from Portugal; a respected keynote speaker at several conferences on African culture, identity, and politics; a frequent contributor to several newspapers and cultural magazines and a regular contributor to UNESCO. A war strategist, prolific writer and thinker, Mário’s efforts were frank and direct in the fight for liberation until independence, and in the work for peace following the 1975 civil war in Angola.
The legacy of Mário Pinto de Andrade is evident in the rich archive of his socio-economic analysis of modern African affairs, his quest for a proper understanding of the origins of identity in Africa, his poetry, plays and screenplays, and in the memories of his family, friends and disciples, who tell of his great spirit and rigorous mind, and universally, of a deep admiration from all those who encountered him.
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Mário
Mário follows the story and legacy of Mário Pinto de Andrade, founder of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Pan-African thinker and activist whose critical mission within the African liberation movements of the 60’s and 70’s laid the groundwork for the identity and representation of the newly formed African nations after European colonization.Growing up in Angola, one of the last European colonies in Africa, Mário left his home in 1928 to study in the Portuguese metropolis of Lisbon for what would become a lifelong exile. With companions from other Portuguese-held territories — Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Guinea-Bissau — Mário coordinates the bases of the liberation movements of the Portuguese colonies from Paris where he is secretary at Présence Africaine magazine and an active member in the city’s intellectual scene. Internationalist solidarity and a deep love for his homeland leads Mário to devote himself completely to the liberation of the African colonies, traveling the globe on a mission for the success of the flowering liberation movements in Africa and worldwide.
Mário was the founding member of the Angolan liberation movement MPLA, its first president and main diplomat; the founder of CONCP (Conference of the Nationalist Organization of the Portuguese Colonies), a unique organization gathering all the liberation movements from the Portuguese colonies in a joint effort of independence from Portugal; a respected keynote speaker at several conferences on African culture, identity, and politics; a frequent contributor to several newspapers and cultural magazines and a regular contributor to UNESCO. A war strategist, prolific writer and thinker, Mário’s efforts were frank and direct in the fight for liberation until independence, and in the work for peace following the 1975 civil war in Angola.
The legacy of Mário Pinto de Andrade is evident in the rich archive of his socio-economic analysis of modern African affairs, his quest for a proper understanding of the origins of identity in Africa, his poetry, plays and screenplays, and in the memories of his family, friends and disciples, who tell of his great spirit and rigorous mind, and universally, of a deep admiration from all those who encountered him.
Constelações do Equador
30 Maio de 1967. O tenente-coronel Odemegwu Ojukwu declara unilateralmente a independência do estado secessionista do Biafra, sobre o restante território da Nigéria. O governo federal presidido por Yakubu Gowon comanda uma ofensiva militar para recuperar a região. As hostilidades entre as duas partes irão dar inicio à guerra e ao primeiro conflito em larga escala em território africano. São Tomé e Príncipe, na época uma colónia portuguesa, marcada durante séculos pela escravatura e trabalho forçado, encontra-se próxima da região do Biafra por via aérea. A sua posição geográfica será determinante no decorrer da guerra. 50 anos depois, um fantasma procura vestígios na memória das vítimas desse acontecimento.Informações Alugar
A Story from Africa
Na sequência da Conferência de Berlim de 1885 quanto à divisão de África, o exército português usa um oficial talentoso para fazer o registo fotográfico da ocupação efectiva do território conquistado em 1907 ao povo Cuamato, no sul de Angola. A Story from Africa dá vida a este arquivo fotográfico através da história trágica de Calipalula, o fidalgo Cuamato cujo papel foi decisivo no desenrolar dos eventos desta campanha de pacificação portuguesa.Informações Alugar
A Story from Africa
Na sequência da Conferência de Berlim de 1885 quanto à divisão de África, o exército português usa um oficial talentoso para fazer o registo fotográfico da ocupação efectiva do território conquistado em 1907 ao povo Cuamato, no sul de Angola. A Story from Africa dá vida a este arquivo fotográfico através da história trágica de Calipalula, o fidalgo Cuamato cujo papel foi decisivo no desenrolar dos eventos desta campanha de pacificação portuguesa.
O Canto do Ossobó
Rio do Ouro e Água-Izé foram as maiores roças de produção de cacau em São Tomé e Príncipe durante o período colonial português. A sua produção chegou a ser a maior a nível mundial em princípios do Século XX. Neste local milhares de homens e mulheres foram marcados pelo trabalho forçado em regime equiparado à escravatura. Hoje, a degradação alastra pelo espaço colocando em risco de extinção a memória coletiva santomense. Passados trinta anos de ausência, o realizador regressa ao seu país e a este lugar para encontrar os vestígios desse passado.Escola de Cinema
Cinco estudantes de cinema partilham as suas motivações, inspirações, dúvidas e angústias sobre o seu futuro, enquanto trabalham nos filmes uns dos outros, procurando a relação entre a vida de cada um e a vontade de fazer filmes.Informações
