Original Title: Histórias de Luanda - Oxalá cresçam pitangas
Angola, 2007
color 62'   African Documentary
 
 

Angola: thirty years of independence, three years of peace. Capital, Luanda, a city built for 600 thousand people where four million now live. People from all of the country's provinces meet at this crossroads. They are the life of the city, transforming it by inventing ways to make money and reinventing themselves. Ten characters guide us through different ways of living and interpreting the city.

Language: Portuguese

Director: Ondjaki and Kiluanje Liberdade

Production Company: Noland Films


Festivals
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival; AfryKamera Film Festival, Poland
Amakula Kampala International , Uganda;
African Perspectives, Delft;
Festival do Rio, Brazil

Versions: English and French Subtitles

Availability: The World, except United Kingdom (video)

 
   
 
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