Thursday, August 4, 2022

SEE: SAMBIGANZA AT MAYSLES CINEMA


Harlem Bespoke: A revolutionary bombshell by one of Africa’s first female directors, Sarah Maldoror’s electrifying chronicle of Angola’s awakening independence movement is a stirring hymn to those who risked everything in the fight for freedom.  

Thursday, August 4th, 7:30PM,  Sambiganza in-theater screening at Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Avenue by West 127th Street. Based on a true story, Sambizanga 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.  More details and online tickets at the Maysles Cinema site: LINK

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