Angular Phoenix

Story

Synopsis

Proposes a speculative meeting between the Baron of Água Izé, the first nobleman in the Portuguese colonies of the 1800s who was of mixed European and African ancestry, and Maria Correia, the Black Princess of Príncipe Island in the 1700s. Reanimating them through the bodies of contemporary artists, the film uses dance, poetry and music to weave profound threads between the past and the present. Transcending space, time and language, their encounter wrestles with questions of culpability, power and the exploitation of both land and Black bodies.

Director

Welket Bungué

Language

Portuguese

Release date

15 June 2024

Ensemble

Cast

• Raquel Lima

  Princesa Maria Correia

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  Ângelo Torres

  Barão de Água Izé

• Nayrama Fernandes

  Pequena Princesa Maria Correia

• Cheila Luís Trindade

  Fogo

• Fábio Rodrigues

  Cinza

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  Welket Bungué

  Xamã Narrador