Sana Na N'Hada
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country wey e be citizen | Guinea-Bissau |
| Name wey dem give am | Sana |
| Ein date of birth | 26 May 1950 |
| Place dem born am | Enxalé |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | Portuguese |
| Ein occupation | film director, screenwriter |
| Educate for | Instituto Cubano del Arte y la Industria Cinematográficos |
| Notable work | Xime, Bissau d'Isabel |
| Related category | Category:Films directed by Sana Na N'Hada |
Sana Na N’Hada (born 1950) be a filmmaker wey komot Guinea Bissau,[1] "the first filmmaker from Guinea-Bissau".[2]
Life
[edit | edit source]Na dem born Sana Na N’Hada insyd 1950 insyd Enxalé. Though na ein poppie want make he work for de land top, he attend a Franciscan primary school give 'indigenous' students wey he encounter teachers active insyd de national liberation movement. Insyd de 1960s he join de guerrillas make he work as a medical assistant. Insyd 1967, Amílcar Cabral send am – togeda plus José Bolama Cubumba, Josefina Lopes Crato den Flora Gomes – make he study filmmaking for de Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos insyd Cuba.[2] He later study for de Institut des hautes études cinématographiques insyd Paris.[1]
Insyd 1978, Na N’Hada cam turn de first director of de National Film Institute, wey he hold de post til 1989.[2]
Na N’Hada start ein own filmmaking plus chaw short films, de first two co-direct plus ein contemporary Flora Gomes. He collaborate plus Chris Marker for Marker ein essay-film Sans Soleil (1983), wey dey provide Marker plus footage of Bissau Carnival. Na he sanso be assistant director to Flora Gomes for ein first feature film, Mortu Nega [Those Whom Death Refused] (1988), den insyd Po di sangui [Blood Tree].[2]
Na ein first feature film, Xime (1994) be co-written plus Joop van Wijk. Na Xime be a historical film set insyd 1962, de year before Guinea Bissau ein war of liberation start. Na dem show am for de Cannes Film Festival. Na dem use ein documentary Bissau d'Isabel (2005) de daily life of Isabel Nabalí Nhaga, a nurse wey dey struggle make she support ein family, as a microcosm of de city of Bissau. Na dem shoot de documentary Kadjike (2013), insyd de Bijagós Islands, juxtapose de natural beauty of de archipelago, den ein traditional understanding insyd Bijagó myth, to de threat pose by ein exploitation by de global drug trafficking trade.[2]
Films
[edit | edit source]- (he co-direct plus Flora Gomes) Regresso de Cabral [Return of Cabral], 1976. Short semidocumentary.
- (he co-direct plus Flora Gomes) Anos no Oça Luta [We Dare to Fight], 1978. Short semidocumentary.
- Xime, 1994. Feature film.
- Bissau d'Isabel [Isabel's Bissau], 2005. Documentary.
- Kadjike [Sacred Bush], 2013
- Os Escultores de Espíritos [The Sculptors of Spirits], 2015
- Nome, 2023
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roy Armes (2008). "Na N'Hada, Sana". Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 215. ISBN 0-253-35116-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Fernando Arenas, The Filmography of Guinea-Bissau’s Sana Na N’Hada: From the Return of Amílcar Cabral to the Threat of Global Drug Trafficking, Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol 30/31, 2017.
External links
[edit | edit source]
- Sana Na N'Hada at IMDb
