Unal is a village of rice producers whose inhabitants played a crucial role in Guinea-Bissau’s liberation struggle against Portuguese colonialism. They were the first to engage in the armed uprising, mobilizing their ancestral spirits into the guerilla. Still today, every gesture of the rice cycle is haunted by memories of war. A trauma inscribed in their present-day rituals, bodies, landscapes, and techno music. An immersion into a melting pot of religious forms and political turmoil, where veterans of war live together with restless youngsters, claiming their future in contemporary Guinea-Bissau.
Winner of the INATEL Foundation Award for Best Film Dealing with Cultural and Traditional Practices as well as Intangible Cultural Heritage
