The 2nd Lusophone Film Festival 2019

 

Screening of two films each evening from Angola, Brazil, Mozambique and Portugal

 

 

 

The Train of Salt and Sugar (Comboio de Sal e Açúcar/Mozambique)

 

(93 min; 2016; dvd; English subtitles)

 

Director: Licinio Azevedo

 

 

 

Mozambique’s first ever entry to the Academy Awards brings us an epic tale of two passengers on a train: Rosa, a young and hopeful nurse, and Taiar, an idealistic soldier. A beautifully told story, the film explores the capacity for love and the lengths to which people will go to better their lives, within the framework of one of the darker moments in Mozambique’s history

 

 

 

Njinga: Queen of Angola (Njinga: Rainha de Angola/Angola)

 

(109 min; 2015; dvd; English subtitles)

 

Director: Sérgio Graciano

 

 

 

In 17th century Angola, a woman leads her kingdom in a long struggle for independence. After witnessing the murder of her son and watching her people become humiliated by Portuguese colonizers, Nzinga will become a Queen and struggle for their liberation embodying the motto: those who stay fight to win