Equatorial Constellations

  • Constelações do Equador (Equatorial Constellations)
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 106 (in minutes)
http://divinacomedia.pt/en/constelacoes-do-equador/

In 1967, Odumegwu Ojukwu declared the independence of the state of Biafra from Nigeria, starting the first large-scale, post-colonial conflict on African soil.
São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time a Portuguese colony, marked for centuries by slavery and forced labor, is close to the Biafra region by air. Its geographical position will be decisive in the course of the war. 50 years later, a ghost searches the memory of the victims of this event.

EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS (CONSTELAÇÕES DO EQUADOR) raises a bridge first traversed 50 years ago: the Biafra-Sao Tomé Airlift of 1968-1970. Child refugees of the Biafra War are enlivened in the passports left together with and Joint Church Aid missionaries in archival footage in a story remembered through the eyes of modern San Tomean participants of this unprecedented civilian relief effort, now considered as inaugural of modern humanitarian aid.

ume filme de / a film by / un film de
Silas TINY

Sao Tomé-et-Principe / Portugal, 2020, Feature Documentary, 1h46 mins, portrait



Titulo / Original title / Titre Original : CONSTELAÇÕES DO EQUADOR
International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS
Title (France / Belgium) / Titre (France, Belgique) :
Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :
Duração / Duración / Runtime / Durée : 106'18'' (1h 46 minutos 18 Secondes)
Tipo / Type / Type : Longa-metragem Documentário / Feature Documentary / Long métrage Documentaire
Gênero / Genre : Cinebiografia / Portrait / Portrait (Biographie)
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : Portuguese / Portuguese / Portugais
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres :
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Cabo Verde / Cape Verde / Cap-Vert
País do Diretora / Filmmaker's Country / Pays du réalisateur : Sao Tomé-et-Principe
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage :
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 2020
Year of Release / Année de Sortie : 2021
Colors / Couleurs : Color / Couleur
Aspect Ratio / Format Image :
Sound Mix / Format Son : 5.1
Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
TAGS : Odumegwu Ojukwu, Portrait, Politics, Politique, Conflit, Conflict, Biafra, Nigeria, Oil, Pétrole


PARTICIPANTS / PARTICIPANTS
.................................................. as Himself / Dans son propre rôle


PRODUTOR / PRODUCER / PRODUCTEUR :
Rui Alexandre SANTOS

CO-PRODUTOR / CO-PRODUCER / COPRODUCTEUR :
Gerson Soares

REALIZAÇÃO / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Silas TINY

Roteirista / Screenwriter / Scénariste :
Silas Tiny

Director de la Fotografía / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
João Vagos

Sound recordists / Ingénieurs du Son :

Composição musical / Composer (Original Music) / Musique :
Luís Fernandes
Hugo Vasco Reis

On-line editor / Monteur :

Sound designer / Sound designer :

Produção / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Divina Comédia

Produção / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
GS Produções

PARCEIROS (Financiamento) / PARTNERS (Financing) / PARTENAIRES (Financements) :
ICA


DISTRIBUCIÓN / DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION

BROADCAST / DIFFUSION TV


CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
Mario V. ALMEIDA




AWARDS / PRIX
* Winner: Special Jury Award (International Competition) /// Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2021 (Sheffield - UK)

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS / SÉLECTIONS & PROJECTIONS
- In Competition (Portuguese Competition) // Doclisboa International Film Festival 2021
- In Competition (International Competition) /// Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2021 (Sheffield - UK)


Fontes / Our Source / Nos Sources :
- www.imdb.com/title/tt12156920/
- https://divinacomedia.pt/en/constelacoes-do-equador/
- http://icateca.ica-ip.pt/filme/CONSTELACOES%20DO%20EQUADOR/2325
updated by Thierno DIA, 05 Jan 2022
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PT

30 Maio de 1967. O tenente-coronel Odumegwu Ojukwu declara unilateralmente a independência do estado secessionista do Biafra, sobre o restante território da Nigéria. O governo federal presidido por Yakubu Gowon comanda uma ofensiva militar para recuperar a região. As hostilidades entre as duas partes irão dar inicio a um dos primeiros conflitos pós-coloniais em solo Africano.

São Tomé e Príncipe, na época uma colónia portuguesa, marcada durante séculos pela escravatura e trabalho forçado, encontra-se próxima da região do Biafra por via aérea.
A sua posição geográfica será determinante no decorrer da guerra.
50 anos depois, um fantasma procura vestígios na memória das vítimas desse acontecimento.

São Tomé e Príncipe, enquanto colónia portuguesa em 1968, marcada durante séculos pela escravatura e trabalho forçado, encontra-se próxima da Nigéria por via aérea. Uma posição geográfica que será determinante no decorrer da guerra de secessão do Biafra que sentenciou centenas de milhares de crianças à fome. Muitas das que se salvaram foir através da Ponte Aérea Sao Tomé-Biafra, a sua memória é revisitada neste filme 50 anos depois.


ume filme de / a film by / un film de
Silas TINY

Sao Tomé-et-Principe, 2020 / Portugal, Longa-metragem Documentário, 1h46 mins, portrait



Titulo / Original title / Titre Original : CONSTELAÇÕES DO EQUADOR
International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS
Title (France / Belgium) / Titre (France, Belgique) :
Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :
Duração / Duración / Runtime / Durée : 106'18'' (1h 46 minutos 18 Secondes)
Tipo / Type / Type : Longa-metragem Documentário / Feature Documentary / Long métrage Documentaire
Gênero / Genre : Cinebiografia / Portrait / Portrait (Biographie)
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : Portuguese / Portuguese / Portugais
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres :
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Cabo Verde / Cape Verde / Cap-Vert
País do Diretora / Filmmaker's Country / Pays du réalisateur : Sao Tomé-et-Principe
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage :
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 2020
Year of Release / Année de Sortie : 2021
Colors / Couleurs : Color / Couleur
Aspect Ratio / Format Image :
Sound Mix / Format Son : 5.1
Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
TAGS : Odumegwu Ojukwu, Portrait, Politics, Politique, Conflit, Conflict, Biafra, Nigeria, Oil, Pétrole


PARTICIPANTS / PARTICIPANTS
.................................................. as Himself / Dans son propre rôle


PRODUTOR / PRODUCER / PRODUCTEUR :
Rui Alexandre SANTOS

CO-PRODUTOR / CO-PRODUCER / COPRODUCTEUR :
Gerson Soares

REALIZAÇÃO / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Silas TINY

Roteirista / Screenwriter / Scénariste :
Silas Tiny

Director de la Fotografía / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
João Vagos

Sound recordists / Ingénieurs du Son :

Composição musical / Composer (Original Music) / Musique :
Luís Fernandes
Hugo Vasco Reis

On-line editor / Monteur :

Sound designer / Sound designer :

Produção / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Divina Comédia

Produção / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
GS Produções

PARCEIROS (Financiamento) / PARTNERS (Financing) / PARTENAIRES (Financements) :
ICA


DISTRIBUCIÓN / DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION

BROADCAST / DIFFUSION TV


CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
Mario V. ALMEIDA




AWARDS / PRIX
* Winner: Special Jury Award (International Competition) /// Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2021 (Sheffield - UK)

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS / SÉLECTIONS & PROJECTIONS
- In Competition (Portuguese Competition) // Doclisboa International Film Festival 2021
- In Competition (International Competition) /// Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2021 (Sheffield - UK)


Fontes / Our Source / Nos Sources :
- www.imdb.com/title/tt12156920/
- https://divinacomedia.pt/en/constelacoes-do-equador/
- http://icateca.ica-ip.pt/filme/CONSTELACOES%20DO%20EQUADOR/2325

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