Angola

Balas e Pistolas

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Country:Angola

Director:Francisco Cafua

Year: 
2010

Duration: 
78

Summary:

This film is a parody of a specific genre: that of the Angolan slum-crime movie. At the same time it keeps an eye on social reality.


Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow-Tales of Luanda

Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow-Tales of Luanda

Country:Angola

Director:Ondjaki and Kiluanje Liberdade

Year: 
2007

Duration: 
62

Summary:

This is a film which questions contemporary life in the capital city of Luanda and seeks to determine the residents’ collective view of their future. Angola - 30 years of independence, 3 years of peace. The capital Luanda, originally created for 600.000 people is now home to 4 million. On this crossroad people from all over the country and the rest of the world meet. People are the life of the city. They transform the city by their means of making money and finding new ways of existence. In the process they discover their talents and reinvent themselves.