Eventfinder Australia chooses DEATH METAL ANGOLA as their #1 pick of the Sydney Film Festival : "The contrast of opening scenes in this film can’t help but encourage intrigue. A musician rehearsing death metal, images of men hunting landmines and crumbling buildings that have an eerie beauty to them - without dialogue or reference, it lets you slip straight in. Centered around the Okutiuka orphanage in Huambo, the film follows Sonia Ferreira and Wilker Flores as they attempt a seemingly impossible task: to host the first death metal music festival in Angola. The director Jeremy Xido, paints a moving portrait of war-torn Angola through the accounts of the orphaned children, and the couple who run the orphanage; Sonia and Wilker. The roots of death metal lie in Scandinavia where themes of fictional stylised violence, horror, mutilation, torture and extreme viciousness are projected through the music. Whilst hearing the graphic and disturbing accounts, it becomes clear that death metal (despite its European roots) belongs to Angola as one of the most effective forms of artistic and emotional expression. In between the growls and thrashing drums, Xido beautifully and delicately shows how death metal plays an important role in healing the trauma of the war, whilst building a supporting community of respect and affection." Associação Angolana de Rock Coalition Films Joseph Castelo Yuri Almeida Jayro Cardoso Tchiyna Matos Work Queirós Ladino Cumpanhe Sónia Ferreira Wilker Flores CABULA6
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:23:42 +0000
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