A Persistente Fragilidade da Memória

A Persistente Fragilidade da Memória

2012 · 26 min

On November 11, 2020, the day on which Angola celebrates the 45th anniversary of its independence, Cine Africa joins the Angolan audiovisual production company Geração 80 to show documentaries of the project “This is our Memory”, stimulating the production of memory about this historic landmark in the country. All were acquired under the initiative of the Tchiweka Documentation Association called “Angola - On the Rails of Independence”.

Directed by Gretel Marín · Written by Gretel Marín

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