I document African filmmakers still working whose careers began in the post-independence years and who have continued directing completed, released work in the 2020s. Mozambican cinema is admittedly a blind spot, in part because its history is relatively short and its output has been limited since the “Kuxa Kanema” period under President Samora Machel following […]
Tag: Sol de Carvalho
Trailer: “O Ancoradouro do Tempo (The Anchorage of Time)” — New Work From Mozambican Cinema Pioneer Sol de Carvalho
The magical realist story is narrated by a carpenter who died on the eve of Mozambican independence while restoring a former Portuguese colonial fortress that now houses a retirement home. As a xipoco (ghost), he inhabits the body of a police inspector sent to investigate the murder of the home’s director. An adaptation of Mia […]