SAMBIZANGA is Based on a true story, the film follows young resistance leader Domingos Xavier (Domingos Oliveira) whose arrest by the Portuguese authorities helps ignite an anti-colonialist uprising and leads his determined wife Maria (Elisa Andrade) on an epic journey by foot to save him.

SAMBIZANGA is directed by the great Sarah Maldoror, an especially important filmmaker in African cinema, particularly for African women and the anti-colonial movements in Angola during and after its fight for independence from Portugal. This is one you don’t want to miss.