---
title: 'Sambizanga (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sarah Maldoror'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sambizanga-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069214/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sambizanga (1972)

1972 · 102 min · Drama · France


## Synopsis

Sambizanga is a 1972 film directed by Sarah Maldoror and written by Maldoror, Mário Pinto de Andrade, and Maurice Pons, based on the 1961 novella The Real Life of Domingos Xavier by José Luandino Vieira. Set in 1961 during the onset of the Angolan War of Independence, it follows the struggles of Angolan militants involved with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), an anti-colonial political movement. Maldoror co-wrote the screenplay with her husband, who was a leader within the MPLA. Sambizanga was the first feature film produced in Angola and by any Lusophone African country. Maldoror was the first woman to make a feature film in Africa.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sarah Maldoror](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-maldoror)
- **Screenplay:** [Sarah Maldoror](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-maldoror), [Mário Pinto de Andrade](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-pinto-de-andrade)

## Cast

- [Domingos de Oliveira](https://cinepixo.com/people/domingos-de-oliveira)

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