Tales of Luanda: Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow

Tales of Luanda: Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow

62 mins | Documentary | March 14, 2007

Angola: thirty years of independence, three years of peace. Capital, Luanda, a city built for 600 thousand people where four million now live. Ten characters guide us through different ways of living and interpreting the city. People from all of the country's provinces meet at this crossroads. They are the life of the city, transforming it by inventing ways to make money and reinventing themselves.

Tales of Luanda: Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow

62 mins | Documentary | March 14, 2007

Tales of Luanda: Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow
Angola: thirty years of independence, three years of peace. Capital, Luanda, a city built for 600 thousand people where four million now live. Ten characters guide us through different ways of living and interpreting the city. People from all of the country's provinces meet at this crossroads. They are the life of the city, transforming it by inventing ways to make money and reinventing themselves.
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Original title Oxalá Cresçam Pitangas
Directors Ondjaki, Kiluanje Liberdade
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