Nayola

Angola’s tragic twenty-five-year-long civil war is given an unexpected retelling in this stunning animated feature film, a remarkable Lusophone African companion to titles like Waltz with Bashir and Persepolis that boasts an expressive beauty all its own. Based on a play by Angolan playwright José Eduardo Agualusa and Mozambican novelist Mia Couto, Nayola follows three generations of women through war and its everlasting scars, whether in revolutionary outposts in the jungle or in contemporary urban settings. Told entirely through an intergenerational female point of view, Nayola offers a striking, richly drawn visual realm with “bold and thrilling storytelling about the legacy of living through war” (Screen International).