A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues)

A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues)

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 1971

Runtime

0h 32m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues)

Director

Robert Van Lierop

Description

A Luta Continua explains the military struggle of the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) against the Portuguese. Produced and narrated by American activists Robert Van Lierop, it details the relationship of the liberation to the wider regional and continental demands for self-determination against minority rule. It notes the complicit roles of foreign governments and companies in supporting Portugal against the African nationalists. Footage from the front lines of the struggle helps contextualize FRELIMO's African socialist ideology, specifically the role of the military in building the new nation, a commitment to education, demands for sexual equality, the introduction of medical aid into the countryside, and the role of culture in creating a single national identity.