We, People of the Islands (Nós, povo das ilhas)
From a forgotten photo of a group of clandestine Cape Verdean guerrillas in the mountains of Cuba, Elson, a young filmmaker, searches for the silenced heroes of this daring and little-known military operation, whose main objective was to fulfill Amílcar Cabral’s dream of liberating the country from the clutches of colonialism.
Thank you to our screening partner: Collective Climb.
Screenings
Virtual
Directors Spotlight
Elson Santos
Director
Elson Santos was born in Cape Verde in 1977. He was selected in 2020 for a grant from Hot Docs and Blue Ice Docs Funds in Canada and participated in several international labs, including Miradasdoc, Afrolatam Lab in 2019, Diáspora Lab in 2020 in Brazil, and the OUAGAFILM LAB in 2022. He was selected for Cannes Doc and Durban Film Market 2021.
Lara Sousa
Director
Lara Sousa is a filmmaker and visual artist, and the founder of Kulunga Filmes, a production company dedicated to producing films (documentaries and fiction) by emerging filmmakers from Portuguese-speaking African countries and the southern region of Africa.
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 80 minutes
- Country
- Portugal, Mozambique, Cape Verde
- Language
- Portuguese, Creole
- Directors
- Elson Santos, Lara Sousa
- Premiere
- North America