Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira

Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira (born 1946) is an Angolan film director.

Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira
BornMarch 20, 1946
NationalityAngolan
CitizenshipAngolan
Alma materCatholic University of America
Occupation
  • Film director
Years active1989 - Present
Known forComboio de Canhoca (The Train of Cahoca)

Life

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Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira was born on March 20, 1946, in Benguela. He studied sciences and geophysics at the Catholic University of America before turning to cinema.[1]

He filmed Comboio de Canhoca (The Train of Cahoca) in 1989, though for political reasons the film was not released until 2004. In the film, based on a real-life colonial atrocity in the 1950s, Portuguese secret police arrest 59 Angolans, placing them in a train boxcar which is left on a rail siding for three days.[2] As the heat increases, the solidarity of the prisoners break down and they suffer asphyxiation.[3]

Filmography

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  • Um Caso Nosso [Our case], 1978
  • Memoria de um Dia [Memory of a day], 1982
  • Festa d’Ilha [Island party], 1985
  • Agostinho Neto, 2000
  • Comboio de Canhoca [The Train of Canhoca], 2004.
  • Batepá [Batter], 2010

References

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  1. ^ Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira at African Film Festival, Inc.
  2. ^ W. Martin James (2018). Historical Dictionary of Angola. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-5381-1123-9.
  3. ^ Fernando Arenas (2011). Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. U of Minnesota Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7.
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