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A Nation is Born

A Nation is Born

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Senegal, 1961 SYNOPSIS The journey of Senegal from colonization to national sovereignty, depicted in an allegorical manner. This film was made at the dawn of Senegal’s independence. BIOFILMOGRAPHY Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925-1987) was a...
O Regresso de Amilcar Cabral

O Regresso de Amilcar Cabral

Djalma Fettermann/Flora Gomes/ Jose Bolama/ Josefina Crato/ Sana Na N’Hada, Guiné Bissau, 1976 SYNOPSIS The first production by Guinean film-makers after the liberation from Portuguese colonialism in 1974, O Regresso de Amílcar Cabral documents the transferral...
MORTU NEGA

MORTU NEGA

Flora Gomes, Guinea-Bissau, 1988 SYNOPSIS: During Guinea-Bissau’s War of National Liberation in the 1970s, Diminga joins her husband Sako in the bush, where he fights against the Portuguese colonial army. A few years later, independence is achieved, peace has...
Les actualités sénégalaises

Les actualités sénégalaises

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Senegal, 1966 BIOFILMOGRAPHY: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925-1987) was a Senegalese filmmaker of Beninese origin and a historian of African cinema. He was the first Black African to be admitted to IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Études...