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

(Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre)

Event starts on Monday, 29 April 2019 at 05:30 hrs

Type

The 2nd Lusophone Film Festival 2019

Dates

29 Apr 2019, 05:30 AM

Venue

The 2nd Lusophone Film Festival 2019