Nassauischer Kunstverein

The film follows the heroine, a former fighter of the Angolan liberation struggle, on her boat journey along the Kwanza River, the birthplace of the Ndongo Kingdom, a pre-colonial African tributary state of the Kingdom of Congo created by the Ambundu and led by King Ngola. A metaphor for a feminine place that spans different times and spaces, a woman with a clear gaze intently observes the nature that surrounds her as her body slowly melts into the water currents of the river. On this journey, different characters emerge: a shadow, an old woman and a child, soldiers trying to read their future in the lines of a map of Angola, and an astronaut – all their stories emerge in the rush of the river. ⁠ Kameli, Aimé Mpane