A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues) (1971)
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.
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SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Sadly Over-hyped
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.