SHAIHU UMAR Purchasing Options:DVD + Streaming “[Aleijadinho is an] ambitious biopic

“[Aleijadinho is an] ambitious biopic of 18th century black Brazilian sculptor/architect Antonio Francisco Lisboa (aka Aleijadinho)

a group of 30 men sail to Europe in a pirogue

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DIRECTED BY HARRIKRISNA ANENDEN  MAURITIUS / 2006 / CREOLE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 78 MIN

SHAIHU UMAR Purchasing Options:DVD + Streaming “[Aleijadinho is an] ambitious biopicSHAIHU UMAR Didi Cheeka works as a director and film critic and has been working for years to reappraise the Nigerian film heritage. He initiated the archive project Reclaiming History, Unveiling Memory with the aim of restoring, digitizing and curating rediscovered Nigerian films. SHAIHU UMAR is one of the most important works in Nigerian film history, but was long considered lost. Located in northern Nigeria at the end of the 19th century, the film