NÓS, O POVO DAS ILHAS (WE, PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS)

Credits

Name: NÓS, O POVO DAS ILHAS (WE, PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS)

Country: Kapverden/Mosambik

Year of publication: 2025

Format: DCP

Format Canvas:

Language : OmeU

Duration: 90 Minuten

Series: 23. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Santos, Elson; Sousa, Lara

Abstract

Starting from a forgotten photograph of a group of Cape Verdean guerrilla fighters operating covertly in the mountains of Cuba, the young filmmakers set out in search of the silenced heroes of this bold and little-known military operation, whose primary goal was to fulfill Amílcar Cabral’s dream: to free the country from the clutches of colonialism. Shifting constantly between the past and the present, the film enters into a dialogue with the heroes of the country’s independence. Together with them, it journeys through the years of the liberation struggle in Guinea-Bissau and through Cape Verde in the post-independence era.