Natal 71

Natal 71

52 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 1, 1999

Natal 71 is the name of a record given to the soldiers of the portuguese colonies overseas for Christmas 1971. Niassa's Songbook is the title of an audiotape illegally recorded by soldiers during the war years, in Mozambique. They are memories from a country which was shut from the rest of the world, poor and ignorant, laid to sleep by a stale and primitive propaganda which tried to hide all the conflicts from us and kept us from thinking and recognising the repressive nature of the regime we lived in.

Natal 71

52 mins | Documentary, History | Jan. 1, 1999

Natal 71
Natal 71 is the name of a record given to the soldiers of the portuguese colonies overseas for Christmas 1971. Niassa's Songbook is the title of an audiotape illegally recorded by soldiers during the war years, in Mozambique. They are memories from a country which was shut from the rest of the world, poor and ignorant, laid to sleep by a stale and primitive propaganda which tried to hide all the conflicts from us and kept us from thinking and recognising the repressive nature of the regime we lived in.
Producers Filmes do Tejo, Lapsus, Periscope Productions
Original title Natal 71
Directors Margarida Cardoso
Writers Margarida Cardoso

Cast

Rogério Samora

as narrator (voice)

Adelino Cardoso

as himself

Manuel Carlos Pinto

as himself

Luís Alcobia

as himself

Hermínia Silva

as herself

Cilinha

as herself

Florbela Queirós

as herself

Francisco Nicholson

as himself

João Maria Pinto

as himself