IN MY WORDS | Kangamba




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1. How does the film, Kangamba, show Cuban internationalism in Angola?
The movie potrays Cuba as a country with a really important role in supporting Angola and other african nations. Pretty much as a savior for those that are trying to achieve freedom and democracy in their territory.

Cuba's Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (Revolutionary Armed Forces) or FAR, after the Cuban Revolution, took a assisting role for other countries, especially those known as the Third World for many reasons, one of them being the empathy Castro felt with those nations, seeing something similar to a pre-revolutionary Cuba in them.
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2. What was the most impactful scene for you? Why?

 There is a bunch of scenes that comes to me mind when talking about "impactful" in this movie and one of them is when we get to see the Cuban and Angolan soldiers sneaking to the bottom part of a truck to take some water from it, desperately (and I mean DESPERATELY) drinking what they were able to and filling all the canteens they could.

 I think it shows us the raw reality of a war, when not only the hostile bullets and projectiles are a menace to your life, but also starving, getting sick or dehydrated because of the enemy lines blocking all your ways to get resources.
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3. What was something you like and something you disliked from the movie? Why?

 I liked the fact that they were able to tell a story with such a low budget haha. Now, speaking seriously about the subject of money invested, I appreaciate that they made the best they could with the recourses they had. Not having such a big production team doesn't mean it'll be terrible movie overall and that's proven by this film. It had its moments despite not having abundance in funds.

 I hated the fact that someone really had the idea of making a love story which so poor storytelling and development, especially when we talk about the character of the angolan woman that got in love with the protagonist, which stands out (in the bad sense of the word) as a representation of what I didn't like in the movie: the role of the women and the love story.



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