Zézé Gamboa

Zézé Gamboa (b. 1955, Luanda, Angola) began as the director of the Telejournal and Information Programs Dept. for the Angolan TV channel TPA (1974-80). In 1984 he gained a degree in sound engineering at Néciphone (SOM) in Paris. Documentary filmography: a look at Angolan society through music Mopiopio, Breath of Angola (1991), an image of an Angolan dissident seen through two warring sides Dissidence (Dissent, 1998). Short docs.: Burned by Blue (Queimado pelo Azul, 1999), My Shoes (2001), The Disquiet of Pessoa (2002). The film The Hero (2003), Gamboa's feature debut made two years after the end of 30 years of civil war in Angola, is seen as an example of African neorealism. It won a number of awards at international festivals: Best Film at Sundance 2005 and the winner at Los Angeles' Pan African Festival in 2005.

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