Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, watched the debut of the documentary Tarrafal, Terra Longe, by Angolan filmmaker Zezé Gamboa, this Saturday night in Luanda, in a special screening held in one of the Cinemax theaters at Belas Shopping in Talatona.
Accompanied by the First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, the Head of State watched the film screening for approximately two hours, which was completed in 2024 after two years of production.
The aforementioned documentary revisits the memories of Angolan nationalists who were imprisoned in the former Tarrafal Concentration Camp in Cape Verde, later converted to the “Chão Bom Labor Camp.”
The film is a tribute to the resistance against Portuguese colonialism and the struggle for independence of the Portuguese-speaking African peoples. Produced by Gamboa & Gamboa (Angola), Silvão Produções (Cape Verde) and Real Ficção (Portugal), Tarrafal, Terra Longe incorporates testimonies from former political prisoners such as Luandino Vieira, Amadeu Amorim and Justino Pinto de Andrade, among other notable voices in the history of Angolan nationalism.
The narrative combines historical testimonies with current records of the physical spaces of Tarrafal, transforming the documentary into an exercise in memory and reflection on the suffering, resistance, and dignity of those who fought for the freedom of oppressed peoples, then under the yoke of colonial oppression in Portuguese-speaking African countries.
In addition to the President and the First Lady, several aides to the head of the Executive Branch were present at the screening, in a session marked by a strong symbolic and emotional charge, before an audience attentive to the historical and political depth of the work.
The screening of the documentary reinforces the role of cinema as a tool for civic education and an instrument for transmitting values to new generations, at a time when important dates in the national liberation struggle are being celebrated.
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