Cinema of Cape Verde

Eden Park, the first picture house and cinema in Cape verde

The history of the cinema of Cape Verde dates back to the arrival of film-makers in Mindelo in the early twentieth-century. The first picture house was established in Mindelo around 1922, called Eden Park.^[1]

Films

• Os Flagelados do Vento Leste (1987)
• Down to Earth (1995) - a drama film, directed by Pedro Costa
• The Island of Contenda (1995) - drama film
• Amílcar Cabral (2001) - a short documentary film
• Batuque, the Soul of a People (2006) - a film about the famous music and dance genre of batuque
• A Ilha dos Escravos (The Island of Slaves) (2008)
• Kontinuasom (2009) - a documentary film [English: Continuation, Portuguese: Continuação]

Documentaries

• Bitú (2010)
• Tututa (2013)

References

1. Arenas, Fernando (2011). Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. U of Minnesota Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7.

External link

• History of Cinema in Cape Verde