It’s commonplace for a European filmmaker to go to Africa to look at poverty and abuse. It’s less common for African filmmakers to record the difficulties of a foreign community living in wealthy Holland. This is a film made with bravado, shot guerrilla-style on location in Rotterdam and is a captivating mix of comedy and social drama.
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Moamba Chinesa
He missed his flight twice, but still made it to the port of Guangzhou (Canton). Or chocolate city as the Chinese call it, because of all the Afric
Film details
- Country of production
- Angola
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 60"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam
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