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Carrying her baby on her back, she sets off on a seemingly endless journey on foot in search of her husband, determined to save her family.<br \/>\nSarah Maldoror places the resolute Maria at the centre of the drama, which is based on the novella <strong>The True Life of Domingos Xavier<\/strong>, about the brutal treatment of a political prisoner. Maria becomes a symbol of the Angolan people\u2019s emerging consciousness and, in particular, of the pivotal role women played in the revolution. Maldoror brings deep sensitivity to her characters, even the smallest supporting roles \u2013 many of which were portrayed by real-life MPLA activists (<em>People\u2019s Movement for the Liberation of Angola<\/em>). In her calm and restrained storytelling style, Maldoror frequently incorporates documentary footage. <strong>Sambizanga<\/strong>, named after the Luanda neighbourhood where the uprising against Portuguese rule began, was shot in neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville while Angola\u2019s war of independence was still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Restored by <em>Cineteca di Bologna<\/em> and <em>The Film Foundation\u2019s World Cinema Project<\/em> at <em>L\u2019Image Retrouv\u00e9e<\/em> (Paris) from the 35 mm original negatives, in asso-<br \/>\nciation with <em>\u00c9ditions Ren\u00e9 Chateau<\/em> and the family of Sarah Maldoror. Funding provided by Hobson \/ Lucas Family Foundation. This restoration is part of the<br \/>\n<em>African Film Heritage Project<\/em>, an initiative created by <em>The Film Foundation\u2019s World Cinema Project<\/em>, the FEPACI and UNESCO \u2013 in collaboration with <em>Cineteca<\/em><br \/>\n<em>di Bologna<\/em> \u2013 to help locate, restore and disseminate African cinema.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Content-Notes-dt_eng2025.pdf\">Content notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Annouchka de Andrade on Sambizanga:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40612,"template":"","movie_year":[610],"movie_genre":[629],"movie_cat":[797],"festival":[805],"class_list":["post-41134","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-610","movie_genre-spielfilm-2","movie_cat-focus-en-2025","festival-2025-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sambizanga - Internationales Frauen Film Fest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/sambizanga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sambizanga - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Set in Angola in 1961, quarry worker Domingos Xavier is a devoted husband and father who likes to play football [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/sambizanga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IFFF.Dortmund.Koeln\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-27T16:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IFFF2025_Sambizanga_16-9_website_01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@frauenfilmfest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sambizanga - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/IFFF2025_Sambizanga_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-06T12:43:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-27T16:06:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/en\\\/movie\\\/sambizanga\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/IFFF2025_Sambizanga_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/frauenfilmfest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/IFFF2025_Sambizanga_16-9_website_01.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":790,\"caption\":\"The picture shows a woman carrying a child on her back and looking into the camera. 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