Cape Verde Movies

During the production of his album “Sobre Crianças, Quadris, Pesadelos e Lições de Casa”, rapper and activist...

When Malagasy soldiers came back from WWII, they expected De Gaulle to give them independence for fighting along with France against Nazis. Instead,...

This documentary brings us closer to the harsh reality of a group of 300 women who live in Tarrafal, Santiago Island (Cape Verde). They have found a...

The darkest nights are the most resplendent; there are lights in every corner, creatures of the night lurking, and somewhat disturbing frequencies...

From a forgotten photo of a group of clandestine Cape-Verdean guerrillas in the mountains of Cuba, Elson, a young filmmaker, searches for the...

Chã das Caldeiras, at an altitude of 2000m, is a town within the caldera of the Fogo volcano, in Cape Verde. In the last eruption in 2015, the...

With a dance performance, a mother and daughter point out the destruction of the environment. They tell how they survive selling beach sand, knowing...

A book is buried under a mango tree in a backyard in Cape Verde, initiating a journey to reconstruct a fictional, geographic, emotional, and...

The Volcano’s Last Wish, like most stories, is part fact, part fiction. It is part of cultural history and part cultural fable. Ultimately, it...

“Land far away” is an expression typical of Cape Verdean emigration, which reveals the distance that emigrants feel in their...

Mindelo is the cultural capital of Cape Verde. Over the years, generations of writers, painters, singers and intellectuals have been the ultimate...

A brief moment of two Mindelo families during Christmas.

The increase in plastic in the seas results in the presence of polymers in the food chain. Cachupa, a typical dish of Cape Verde, has also undergone...

A poetic and subtle journey immersed in the director's memories of her grandfather, and in the cycles of life.

The Africologist is a futuristic documentary on African History, Science, and Technology. Director Val Lopes and the virtual character, the...

Recognized as Cape Verde's oldest performing batucadeira at 86 years old, Marina Vaz revisits her life in Cidade Velha, Cape Verde - from a childhood...