Angolan women are rarely heard describing the impact of South Africa's undeclared war against their country. This moving documentary, produced in conjunction with the Organization of Angolan Women (OMA), highlights the contribution women make to the reconstruction of a country where war has consumed more than half the national budget and produced at least a million internal refugees.
estrelado / starring / avec :
Members of Organization of Angolan Women (OMA), Linton Kwesi Johnson
um filme de / film by / un film de
Jenny MORGAN
England, Angola | 1988 | Feature Documentary | 45 mins | Politics | Color | DVD | in English, Portuguese
NOTE BY THE FILMMAKER:
"Angola: South Africa's Dirty War" [is] a half-hour for "Bandung File" [Channel 4, UK] about the havoc wreaked in post-independence Angola by apartheid South Africa and its proxies.
I made a longer version, "Angola é a Nossa Terra" [for Channel 4], that is still distributed by Women Make Movies in the US.
My blog, "On the Road in Angola", tells some of the stories of this shoot.
[...]
When Marga Holness, press secretary in the Angolan embassy in London, translator into English of the poetry of first Angolan president Agostinho Neto, proposed a co-production with TPA and the women's organisation, OMA, I leapt at the chance. The Channel 4 programme Bandung File, edited by Tariq Ali, Darcus Howe and Greg Lanning, leapt at the chance. Darcus wanted a critique of the MPLA, and sent the poet Linton Kwesi Johnson with us to report it (this would always have been tricky to do, given the nature of the co-production, the fact they had no relevant contacts, and that I didn't want to). In any case, by the time Linton had to leave, we'd barely managed to film anything. We were competing for camera use with the whole of TPA, and it also took several weeks to rustle up some transport. A 4×4 whose brakes weren't working? Fine, I said. (Two dead ends and you still got to choose.)
- Jenny MORGAN | https://jennymorganfilmswrites.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/on-the-road-in-angola/
PRESS
"The strength and resilience of women in Angola shines through in the face of unrelenting aggression by South African backed UNITA and centuries of male domination in Angolan society."
"Third World Resources"
Título / Original title / Titre Original : Angola é a Nossa Terra
Título Internacional (en Inglês) / International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : ANGOLA IS OUR COUNTRY
Título (França / Bélgica) / Title (France / Belgium) / Titre (France, Belgique) : L'Angola est notre pays
Outro título (em árabe) / Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :
Outro título / Other Title / Autre Titre : Angola E A Nossa Terra
Duração / Duración / Runtime / Durée : 45' (0h45 minutes, 00:45:00)
Tipo / Type / Type : Longa-metragem documentário / Feature Documentary / Moyen Documentaire
Gênero / Genre : Política / Politics / Politique
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : English, Portuguese
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres : Francês, Inglês / French, English / Français, Anglais
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Reino Unido (Grã-Bretanha) / United Kingdom (UK) / Grande-Bretagne (Royaume-Uni)
País do Diretora / Filmmaker's Country / Pays de la réalisatrice : África do Sul, Reino Unido (Grã-Bretanha) / South Africa, United Kingdom (UK) / Afrique du Sud, Grande-Bretagne (Royaume-Uni)
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage : Angola / Angola / Angola
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 1988
Ano de lançamento / Year of Release / Année de Sortie : 1988
Cores / Colors / Couleurs : Cor / Color / Couleur
Suporte de difusão / Media / Support de diffusion :
Formato / Aspect Ratio / Format Image :
Formato de som / Sound Mix / Format Son :
Orçamento estimado / Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
TAGS : Women, War, Africa, Global Feminism, Military, Post-Colonialism, Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Economies, Gender, Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Angola
Angola Histoire 1975-2002 (Guerre civile) Femmes
Angola Histoire 1978-1990 (Raids sud-africains)
Angola History South African Incursions, 1978-1990
Documentaires
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films
Femmes Angola Conditions économiques
Femmes Angola Conditions sociales
Femmes Angola Entretiens
History
Interviews
Women
Women Angola Economic conditions
Women Angola History Civil War, 1975-2002
Women Angola Interviews
Women Angola Social conditions
Women Economic conditions
Women Social conditions
CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS / PARTICIPANTS (in credits order)
Members of OMA (Organização da Mulher Angolana - Organization of Angolan Women)................................................... Self / Dans leur propre rôle
Linton Kwesi Johnson (Poet)................................................... Self / Dans son propre rôle
PRODUTORES / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTEURS :
Tariq Ali,
Darcus Howe
Greg Lanning
REALIZADORA / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATRICE :
Jenny MORGAN
Guionista / Screenplay / Scénariste :
Jenny Morgan
Dir. de Fotografia / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
Jose Pedro
Montagem / Editing / Montage :
Sarah Montgomery
Director de Som / Sound Recordist (Sound Engineer) / Ingénieur du son :
Art department / Décors :
Gaffer / Bruiteurs :
Sound Mixing / Mixage Son :
Gerente de Produção / Unit production manager / Directeur de production :
Assistente Realização / Assistant Director / Assistante Réalisatrice :
Boom operator / Perchiste :
Sound designer / Sound designer :
Dialogue editor / Monteuse dialogues :
Sound Assistant / Assistant Son :
Foley artist / Bruitage :
Re-recording mixer / Re-recording mixer :
Colorist / Etalonneur :
Music supervisor / Supervision de la Musique :
Location Manager / Régisseur :
Transportation Captain / Responsable Transports :
Set photography / Photographe de plateau :
Illustration / Illustrations (Générique) :
THANKS / REMERCIEMENTS :
PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION : :
Channel 4 (London - UK)
CO-PRODUÇÃO / CO-PRODUCTION / COPRODUCTION : :
TPA (Angola)
OMA (Organização da Mulher Angolana)
PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
Angolan embassy in London (UK)
DISTRIBUIÇÃO / DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION
USA: Women Make Movies (WMM)
VENTES / SALES
Women Make Movies (WMM), USA
VHS :
Video Editor:Women Make Movies (New York, 1988, in English)
DVD : $75.00
- www.wmm.com/catalog/film/angola-is-our-country/
CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
Women Make Movies (WMM), USA
- www.wmm.com/catalog/film/angola-is-our-country/
RELEASE / SORTIE SALLES
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PRÉMIOS / AWARDS / PRIX
* Finalist /// American Film and Video Festival
FESTIVALS / EXIBIÇÕES / SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection)
* Selection /// Nyon Documentary Festival
* Selection /// Women in the Director's Chair (Chicago - USA)
* Selection /// Festival of Women's Film and TV in Montreal (Canada)
* Finalist /// American Film and Video Festival
Quelle / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.wmm.com/catalog/film/angola-is-our-country/
- https://jennymorganfilmswrites.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/on-the-road-in-angola/
- www.worldcat.org/fr/title/angola-e-a-nossa-terra-angola-is-our-country/oclc/20239789
Updated by Thierno DIA, 25 June 2023