Fátima Albuquerque

Fatima Albuquerque
Born
Mozambique
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, journalist

Fátima Albuquerque is a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Mozambique. She was one of the first Mozambican women to direct films in the 1980s.[1] Her documentaries demonstrate the broad range of documentary filmmaking in Mozambique.[2]

After working on news items for Kuxa Kanema, Albuquerque made her first documentary, on street children in Mozambique.[1]

Films

  • Lo ABC da nova vida [ABC of the new life], 1985
  • As nossas flores [Our flowers], 1986
  • Le Son c'est la vie [The sound is life], 1987
  • Entre a dor e esperanca [Between pain and hope], 1987
  • No meu pais existe uma guerra [In my country there is a war], 1989

References

  1. ^ a b Isabel Noronha; Max Annas; Henriette Gunkel (2015). "Cinema of Resistance". In Mistry, Jyoti; Schuhmann, Antje (eds.). Gaze Regimes: Film and feminisms in Africa. Wits University Press. pp. 148–160. ISBN 978-1-86814-857-8.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Nancy (1997). "Sub-Saharan African Women Filmmakers: Agendas for Research". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. p. 171. ISBN 90-420-0143-7.


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