“Billed as the first feature film ever from Angola.”
Guns for Banta is the first feature-length film by Sarah Maldoror. Shot in Guinea-Bissau, it follows the life and untimely death of Awa, a countrywoman involved in the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Financed by the Algerian army, which hoped to turn it into a propaganda tool, the film was confiscated from Maldoror because of her demands for full control over the editing. To this day the reels have not been identified or returned.
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Sarah Maldoror Director
First release January 1, 1970 · Produced in Angola · Original title Des fusils pour Banta
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Angola
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Original title
Des fusils pour Banta
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Angola · January 1, 1970
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