Shows love, community, what they mean, and their importance in such beautiful real ways. Such a pure movie, life, and community; some of the people trying to get Domingos free do not know who he is and that says a whole lot.

Shows love, community, what they mean, and their importance in such beautiful real ways. Such a pure movie, life, and community; some of the people trying to get Domingos free do not know who he is and that says a whole lot.

Film #4 of my 7 Part Black History Month Film Series.
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the ability to endure and to persist of those who are victims of colonialism is so inspiring and powerful. they refuse to be crushed, they refuse to concede, and they continue their fight and their struggle for true freedom and independence from western imperialism. sure it can be quite somber, but its also so hopeful.

Film #4 of my 7 Part Black History Month Film Series.
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the ability to endure and to persist of those who are victims of colonialism is so inspiring and powerful. they refuse to be crushed, they refuse to concede, and they continue their fight and their struggle for true freedom and independence from western imperialism. sure it can be quite somber, but its also so hopeful.

Cruda, bellísima, terriblemente contemporánea y un milagro que la restauración se vea también. Además, hay crew con el que comparto apellido así que, por ende, también es mi película.

Cruda, bellísima, terriblemente contemporánea y un milagro que la restauración se vea también. Además, hay crew con el que comparto apellido así que, por ende, también es mi película.

The word "Kafkaesque" gets thrown around way too much, but this story, about an Angolan construction worker suddenly arrested by the secret police for some low-level organizing activity, and how his wife and friends work to find him and try to spring him, certainly feels like it’s going to go dark and stay dark.

But even in the bleakest moments of this startlingly well-made film, Sarah Maldoror plants tiny nuggets of hope. All the police have is brute force. They don’t have knowledge on their side, they don’t have the numbers, they don’t have the well-being of the society they pretend to protect. They can kill a person, but they can’t kill everyone, and they sure as hell can’t kill an idea.

The price of the struggle is high, but it’s less than the cost of giving up.

The word "Kafkaesque" gets thrown around way too much, but this story, about an Angolan construction worker suddenly arrested by the secret police for some low-level organizing activity, and how his wife and friends work to find him and try to spring him, certainly feels like it’s going to go dark and stay dark.

But even in the bleakest moments of this startlingly well-made film, Sarah Maldoror plants tiny nuggets of hope. All the police have is brute force. They don’t have knowledge on their side, they don’t have the numbers, they don’t have the well-being of the society they pretend to protect. They can kill a person, but they can’t kill everyone, and they sure as hell can’t kill an idea.

The price of the struggle is high, but it’s less than the cost of giving up.