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Mabata bata by Sol de Carvalho film exhibition at Scala Cine-Teatro
12:39 CAT | 22 July 2019
Mabata bata by Sol de Carvalho film exhibition at Scala Cine-Teatro
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 24 2019 at 19h45
Entrance: 50 MZN (for students) and 100 MZN
Address: Scala Cine Teatro, Av. 25 de Setembro, Maputo
About the film
Mabata bata is a fiction movie by Sol de Carvalho filmed in Chibuto which portrays the story of Azarias, guardian of a herd of oxen, with which his uncle intends to pay for his marriage, which eventually never happens.
Sol de Carvalho was born in 1953 in Beira, Mozambique. He studied at the Conservatório Nacional de Cinema in Lisbon and worked as a journalist, editor and photographer. Already during his studies in Portugal, Sol de Carvalho was a political activist against the Salazar regime.
On his return to Mozambique he joined the independence efforts of FRELIMO and was nominated as the director of the Serviço Nacional da Rádio Moçambique. Starting from 1979 he worked together with Mia Couto and Albino Magaia for the magazine Tempo. In 1986 he finally took the decision to become a filmmaker. Since then he made many films, for the most part documentaries and TV movies (A Janela, O Búzio, As Teias da Aranha, etc.).
O Jardim do Outro Homem was his first feature-length film. He was also a founding member of the production company Ébano, together with Pedro Pimenta and Licínio Azevedo, though at a later stage he withdrew from it in order to establish Promarte Production Company in Maputo. His work is socially committed and often deals with taboo subjects like HIV/Aids or domestic violence. Being a strong advocate for participatory processes, he is often on the road in Mozambique to film in villages and to discuss with people.
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