Talking Licínio Azevedo's film "Train of Salt and Sugar"
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Channel: SABC News · 2016 · News & Politics
It was shot over 7 weeks on 13 wagons of a train and has been hailed by some critics as the first "great African Western", when it premiered in August 2016 on the 300-square metre screen in at the Locarno Film Festival at the Piazza Grande in Switzerland. That's celebrated Brazilian-born, Mozambiquan-based auteur Licínio Azevedo's latest film titled Train of Salt and Sugar The film which premiered at the at the Joburg Film Festival yesterday, stars Matamba Joaquim as Taiar,Thiago Justino as Salomão, António Nipita as Sete Maneiras and Sabina Fonseca as Mariamu. Co-Producer Elias Ribeiro and lead actress Melanie de Vales Rafael join us now to tell us more about the film. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
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