Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira
Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira | |
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| Born | March 20, 1946 |
| Nationality | Angolan |
| Citizenship | Angolan |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of America |
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| Years active | 1989 - Present |
| Known for | Comboio de Canhoca (The Train of Cahoca) |
Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira (born 1946) is an Angolan film director.
Life[edit]
Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira was born on March 20, 1946, in Benguela. He studied sciences and geophysics at the Catholic University of America before turning to cinema.[1]
He filmed Comboio de Canhoca (The Train of Cahoca) in 1989, though for political reasons the film was not released until 2004. In the film, based on a real-life colonial atrocity in the 1950s, Portuguese secret police arrest 59 Angolans, placing them in a train boxcar which is left on a rail siding for three days.[2] As the heat increases, the solidarity of the prisoners break down and they suffer asphyxiation.[3]
Filmography[edit]
- Um Caso Nosso [Our case], 1978
- Memoria de um Dia [Memory of a day], 1982
- Festa d’Ilha [Island party], 1985
- Agostinho Neto, 2000
- Comboio de Canhoca [The Train of Canhoca], 2004.
- Batepá [Batter], 2010
References[edit]
- ^ Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira at African Film Festival, Inc.
- ^ W. Martin James (2018). Historical Dictionary of Angola. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-5381-1123-9.
- ^ Fernando Arenas (2011). Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. U of Minnesota Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7.
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