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A panorama of contemporary trends in popular music in Angola. Here musicians resist war, recession, social violence and despair. They express the plurality of Angolan identity, which is the result of various influences. Heirs to a very rich musical tradition, these musicians display an individual personality and talent. They draw on their various traditions to create new styles, which reflect the many facets of their country. The dances of Luanda, the kimbundu, bakongo and ovimbundu ballads and forms of modern urban music, born in the crucible of patrimonial rhythms and contemporary technologies, make up the many forms of expression of a nation that has survived forty years of war. The musicians of Angola give voice to a nation which believes in the future. Their music is a reflection of the sensibility and the life of the Angolan people. In counterpoint to the plunder, the widespread destruction, the provocative violence and the cynicism, the music embodies the festive spirit, physical grace and feeling.

France / Angola - 2000 - 59 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Réalisation Ariel de Bigault Scénario Ariel de Bigault Image Leonardo Simões Son João Magalhães, Gita Cerveira, Paul Semama Montage Claudio Martinez Avec Carlitos Vieira Dias, Lourdes Van Dunem, Paulo Flores, Carlos Burity, Banda Maravilha, Simmons Massini, Moisés e José Kafala, Novatos da Ilha, Ndengues do Kota Duro

Production Kanpaï Productions, 102, rue du Fbg Poissonnière, 75010 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4281 5379 Fax : +33 (0)1 4462 9054 Co-Production Muzzik, Orion, TPA - Télévision Publique d'Angola

Ventes Kanpaï Distribution, 102, rue du Fbg Poissonnière, 75010 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 5325 0208 Fax : +33 (0)1 5325 0205 E-mail : kanpai@online.fr