Movies: Cape verde

  • 1995
    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava (1995)

    Casa de Lava

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    The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama....

    Casa de Lava
  • 1999
    The Island of Contenda

    The Island of Contenda (1999)

    The Island of Contenda

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    Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that ...

    The Island of Contenda
  • 2000
    Amílcar Cabral

    Amílcar Cabral (2000)

    Amílcar Cabral

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    Documentary about African freedom fighter Amílcar Cabral, whose story is told by his relatives and friends. Amílcar, besides being a humanist and nationalist, was also a brilliant poet....

    Amílcar Cabral
  • 2006

    "Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?": A Cape Verdean American Story (2006)

    "Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?": A Cape Verdean American Story

    62006HD

    The untold tragedy and scandal of what happened to a vibrant community of immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands in the Fox Point section of Providence, Rhode Island who were forcibly displaced by urban renewal to make way for fancy coffee shops, ant...

  • 2013
    Cap-Vert, l'archipel créole

    Cap-Vert, l'archipel créole (2013)

    Cap-Vert, l'archipel créole

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    Cap-Vert, l'archipel créole
  • 2015
    The Other Side of the Atlantic

    The Other Side of the Atlantic (2015)

    The Other Side of the Atlantic

    102015HD

    The Other Side of the Atlantic is a documentary that builts a bridge in the ocean that separates Brazil and Africa. The film tackles the cultural exchanges, the imaginary created through the mirroring, the prejudice and dreams built in both sides of ...

    The Other Side of the Atlantic
  • 2007
    Cape Verde My Love

    Cape Verde My Love (2007)

    Cape Verde My Love

    72007HD

    Praia, Cape Verde. Laura, Flavia and Bela are childhood friends. Each leads her own life and they sometimes meet to dance, dine and have fun. But one day the calm rivers of their lives break their banks and become wild torrents: Ricardo, Flavia's hus...

    Cape Verde My Love
  • 2018
    Morabeza

    Morabeza (2018)

    Morabeza

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    This 16mm short film undertakes a journey from slavery to ‘Morabeza’, a multi-faceted word that describes Cape Verde’s gentle spirit. Allow yourself be guided to discover the diversity and beauty of this South African country....

    Morabeza
  • 2010
    Contract

    Contract (2010)

    Contract

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    This film explores aspects of the African Diaspora, history and culture that are not widely known or are normally overlooked in mainstream, popular and scholarly discourse. It tells the compelling story of two African countries(Cape Verde and Sao Tom...

    Contract
  • 1987
    The Victims of the East Wind

    The Victims of the East Wind (1987)

    The Victims of the East Wind

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    Film adaptation of a novel published in 1960 by Cape Verdean author Manuel Lopes....

    The Victims of the East Wind