Details
Directed by: Billy Woodberry
Runtime: 2h
Certificate: PG
Topics:
Personal Stories, Sociopolitical
Last Screened:
Sat 2nd Nov 2024
A biography of Angolan-born Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990), a key figure in African revolutionary and anti-colonial struggles.
Mário ardently believed that independence from colonialism marked the beginning, not the end of the struggle. From Paris – where he established his intellectual home – to independent Angola, Mário spends a life in exile, working and fighting tirelessly for African sovereignty.
Legendary American filmmaker Billy Woodberry, a key figure in the L.A. Rebellion film movement of the 1970s and 1980s, brings a pan-African sensibility to the subject, matching de Andrade’s own. Mário returns us to a time when revolution was imagined internationally, not held hostage to nationalist ideologies.
Playing as part of Film Africa.