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Sambizanga

(Sarah Maldoror, 1972)

New Restoration

A woman in a purple headdress and yellow shirt hold a baby and she stares intensely at a man in glasses and a white shirt. Behind them both is a window looking out to leaves and trees
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Feb 26, 2022 4:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

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$9 general public
$7 members and seniors
$5 students

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A wife and mother tirelessly works for the release of her jailed activist husband in Sarah Maldoror's powerful Sambizanga.

Set in 1961 before the Angolan War of Independence from Portugal, Sambizanga is the story of a jailed activist's wife (played by Cape Verdean economist Elisa Andrade). With her young son in tow, she walks from prison to prison searching for news about her imprisoned spouse only to be stonewalled by a series of colonial officials. French director Maldoror (who passed away in 2020 at the age of 90 from COVID) worked as an assistant on Gillo Pontecorvo’s landmark The Battle of Algiers (1966) and, with Sambizanga, became one of the first women to direct a feature film in Africa. (102 mins., 4K DCP)

A woman in a purple headdress and yellow shirt hold a baby and she stares intensely at a man in glasses and a white shirt. Behind them both is a window looking out to leaves and trees

Sambizanga | Image courtesy of Cineteca di Bologna

A woman in colorful clothes walks down a wide, empty road. On both sides of the road is dry brush

Sambizanga | Image courtesy of Cineteca di Bologna

A shirtless man with a mustache stares intensely at someone just out of frame

Sambizanga | Image courtesy of Cineteca di Bologna

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Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Image Retrouvée in association with Éditions René Chateau and the family of Sarah Maldoror. Funding provided by Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers, and UNESCO—in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna—to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.

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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
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Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
American Electric Power Foundation
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Mary and C. Robert Kidder
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Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
Arlene and Michael Weiss

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Pete Scantland
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Nancy Kramer
Huntington
Lisa Barton
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Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel
Ron and Ann Pizzuti
Joyce and Chuck Shenk
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Past Film/Video

Sambizanga

Feb 26, 2022 4:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

ADMISSION
$9 general public
$7 members and seniors
$5 students

Click here to view our latest COVID-19 safety protocols.

FREE GALLERY ADMISSION
Don’t forget: gallery admission is free with a ticket to any same-day Wexner Center event. Simply show your ticket at our Patron Services Desk.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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