A confrontation with the African wars of liberation. The feature is set in no specific country and thus offers the vision of a pan-African struggle for freedom and against colonial oppression. The central figures in the straightforwardly and powerfully told story are the guerrilla leader Haraka and his adversary, the English colonial official Kingsley. In the end, the film becomes a homage to the freedom fighters from all over Africa: The final images show Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela and Amílcar Cabral, among others.

A film by Ola Balogun

Nigeria/Ghana/GB, 1981, Fiction, 70‘,OV (engl.)

starring Albert Hall, Jorge Coutinho, Candy Brown, Prunella Gee, Roberto Pirillo, Jimmy Johnson, Amadu Maddy, Lary Williams, Harry Quashie, Georges Wilson, Olu Jacobs

Réalisateur : Ola Balogun
Scénariste : Ola Balogun
Based on Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-Mau uprising, Carcase for Hounds.

2017 | Ola Balogun - Pioneer of Nigerian cinema | 13-19 janvier 2017 | BERLIN, Germany
* At Kino Arsenal
* Projection / Screening: January 17, 7.30pm
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Baloguns politischster Spielfilm, ein in sich ruhender und zugleich dringlicher Appell zum Kampf gegen den Kolonialismus.

Ein film von Ola Balogun

Nigeria/Ghana/GB, 1981, Spielfilm, 70', engl. OF, 35mm

Darsteller: Albert Hall, Jorge Coutinho, Candy Brown, Prunella Gee, Roberto Pirillo, Jimmy Johnson, Amadu Maddy, Lary Williams, Harry Quashie, Georges Wilson, Olu Jacobs