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One of the few films to have been made in Angola since it was torn apart by civil war, HOLLOW CITY is an eye-opening drama set in Luanda, the capital of Angola, in the aftermath of the thirty-year war. Following a massacre in the tribal village of Bié, 11-year-old N’dala (Roldan Pinto João), one of the many war orphans, is rescued by a missionary nun (Ana Bustorff) and flown to Angola’s capital, where he instantly runs away and journeys into the heart of the giant city.
With only a sack on his back and a toy car made of wire, N’dala navigates the bewildering sights and sounds of Luanda. Determined to return to his village, N’dala finds himself meeting an array of characters with different agendas and going through different problems of their own. Meanwhile the nun, who has been looking for N’dala since his disappearance at the airport, is close on his heels but may not arrive in time to stop yet another tragic end to one of the HOLLOW CITY’S short and innocent lives.
{Winner! Graine de Cinéphage Award, 2004}
{Winner! Special Jury Prize, 2004 Paris Film Festival}
{Winner! Most Promising Filmmaker, Capetown World Cinema Festival}
{Winner! Audience Award & 3rd Jury Award – Milan COE Festival}
{Special Jury Mention – “Images de Femmes” Vues d’Afrique, Montreal}
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This lively film goes behind the scenes of the samba and carnival world in Rio de Janeiro to reveal how the cultural clash of the African/Black and European/White cultures gave birth to a new tradition. The historian Haroldo Costa, an expert in carioca folklore, explains how African slaves’ beliefs, gods and music mixed with Spanish Catholic and Indian influences centuries ago to create the remarkable fusion that is Brazilian culture. The historian Haroldo Costa, an expert in carioca folklore, explains how African slaves’ beliefs, gods and music mixed with Spanish Catholic centuries ago to create the remarkable fusion that is Brazilian culture. The film includes interviews with many active performers and writers of samba such as the composer and singer Xango da Mangueira. He recalls the first days of caival in Rio de Janeiro when he and his fellow performers sang and danced in the streets but were treated like vagrants and harassed by the police. Mae Helena D’Oxosse, a priestess in the umbanda tradition, incorporates samba in her religious practices and carries on a tradition among her working-class followers that is five hundred years old.

52 minutes / English Subtitles.

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