Biography/Filmography
Approximately how many films has Sarah Maldoror directed?
40+ films
Under torture, Domingos refuses to reveal the name of a white comrade in the anticolonial movement. His silence shows this quality.
Loyalty
She walks from prison to prison searching for her husband.
Maria
The baby Maria carries on her back represents "this."
Angola’s future (the next generation)
Sambazinga takes place in this southwest African country.
Angola
What did Sarah Maldoror study in Moscow?
Cinematography
With only Baptiso for company, Maria walks the long, dusty road from her village to Luanda. Her journey reflected this feeling.
Loneliness (/Isolation)
He is arrested by the Portuguese police and refuses to give up his comrades.
Domingos Xavier
Bright outdoor scenes contrast with the darkness and gloominess of this place.
Domingos’s prison cell
Where does Maria start her journey to find Domingos?
Dondo
What organization did Sarah Maldoror help co-found?
Les Griots
“I’ve lived under the Portuguese my whole life. I know what happens to men they take.” Petelo feels what kind of emotion?
Weary grief (fear from having gone through this before)
This militant teaches Marxist ideas in a sewing workshop.
Mussunda
This large piece of construction represents the colonial development built on African labor that Africans do not control.
The dam
Because of the war, the film was shot in this neighboring country instead of Angola.
Republic of the Congo
What/when was Sarah Maldoror’s first film called/released? (either the name or year works)
Monangambé / 1968
Zito’s eagerness to carry news shows that (for children) the revolution feels like this, rather than danger.
Pride
This young boy helps spread news about Domingos throughout the city.
Zito
Mussunda teaches political ideas in this everyday workplace.
Sewing workshop
Maldoror filmed outside Angola because of this ongoing conflict.
Angolan War of Independence
What was Sarah Maldoror’s original last name?
Ducados
“I came looking for my husband, and now I understand what he was fighting for.” Maria is currently going through what?
Political awakening (deep realization of how the government actually operates)
This Cape Verdean economist, not a trained actor, played Maria in the film.
Elisa Andrade
When characters speak Lingala and one other African language, instead of Portuguese, they hold onto their identity against colonial culture. What is that language?
Kimbundu
The film ends looking ahead to an attack on a prison in this city on February 4th, 1981.
Luanda