Sambizanga (1973)
Sarah Maldoror · 102 min
Sambizanga screens 3 times at BFI Southbank between Wednesday 2 September and Saturday 19 September.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Season Introduction: Poetry in My Soul
Sambizanga + intro by Annouchka de Andrade and Henda Ducados
Sambizanga + pre-recorded Q&A with Sarah Maldoror
What it is
Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to find out where he is.