Monangambeee

Director: Sarah Maldoror    → show biography   ← hide biography

Biography: Sarah Maldoror, geboren 1938 in Guadelupe, gründete 1956 in Paris die Theatergruppe 'Les Griots' zusammen mit Toto Bissainthe, Sam Ababacar und Timite Massori. Sie inszenierte mehrere Bühnenstücke, darunter 'Huis Oos' von J.-P.Sartre und 'Et les chiens se taisaient' von Aimé Césaire. Anschließend studierte Maldoror an der Moskauer Filmhochschule bei Mark Donskoi. Seitdem hat sie über 30 Filme realisiert.

Country: Algeria

Year: 1969

Synopsis: "Monangambeee!" – Cry of the revolte in Angola. "Monangambeee!" Spread from hut to hut, from village to village, this cry made even the most brave men in Angola shiver. Men, women and children fled and hid in the bush. "Monangambeee!": that translates into 'White Death', at least a sure deportation with no return. In the past this cry accompanied the arrival of the Portuguese slave traders. Today, the same cry still resounds, the same whistle accross the expanse of Angola: it is the identification and the signal for collections for the People's Liberation Front. (Nadia Kasji)

Language: Portuguese, French

Forum participation year: 1971

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