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Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret

"Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret," by João Ribeiro / Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique / 2020 / 94mins / Drama, Coming of Age / Portuguese

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$12

Thu, Feb 18, 2021
to Thu, Mar 4, 2021

Maysles Virtual Cinema

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This event is part of the 28th NYAFF — "Notes from Home: Recurring Dreams & Women's Voices" Learn More

About the Film

Adapted from the novel by esteemed Angolan author Ondjaki, this coming of age tale brings us into the multilayered world of Jaki, a young boy from a small coastal African village living in a cousin-filled house headed by his spunky grandmother Agnette. Jaki spends his days with best friends Pi and Charlita and they discover that a local construction site of a huge mausoleum guarded by Russians threatens to demolish their entire neighborhood. Their spirited efforts to foil this plan are met with the unanticipated involvement of a secretive Soviet.
About João Ribeiro