Lubango - The Angolan feature film "Nação Valente" (Brave Nation), by director Carlos da Conceição, produced in 2022, will premiere this Saturday, 15th, in one of the Cinemax halls in Lubango city, Huíla Province.
Speaking to ANGOP on Tuesday in Lubango, the producer, Meirinho Mendes, said that the film is a drama that portrays episodes from the colonial war and "uncovers the horrors" that the nationalists went through.
The author of the mini-series Makamba-hotel said that the film, which lasts 120 minutes, also highlights Angola's role in the conquest of national independence, becoming brave after 500 years of slavery.
He said that the film was shot in 2022, in Portugal and Angola (Huíla and Namibe), and, in addition to Portuguese, has a translated version in English, having already been shown in Europe and America.
The producer revealed that it was shown for a month and two weeks in Portugal and two months in the United States of America (USA).
He stressed that the screening of the film in Huíla is aimed at increasing the value of Angolan cinema and encouraging new talent.
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