Redes de cinema em Angola: “Um passado a merecer melhor presente”

This article is a report on the doctoral research in History that is being developed at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in the exchange research phase at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, under the guidance of professors Dr. Alexandre Busko Valim and Dr. Silvio Marcus de Souza Correa, with supervision abroad carried out by Dr. Maria do Carmo Piçarra. Part of the title of this text is a direct inspiration from the work of José Mena Abrantes “Cinema Angolano. Um passado a merecer melhor presente” published by the Cinemateca Nacional de Angola, in Luanda in 1986. The research aims to link cinema and the history of Angola, analyzing through Angolan cinematography to establish a set of networks between the country's cinematography and its transnational contexts with other countries on the African continent.