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201979 minGdocumentary

Brisa Solar

201979 minGdocumentary

Maputo, once known as Lourenço Marques, examines its modernist roots, revolutionary past, and the influence of Chinese capitalism on local culture.

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José Nascimento,

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Maputo, once known as Lourenço Marques, examines its modernist roots, revolutionary past, and the influence of Chinese capitalism on local culture.

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José Nascimentodirector

Ana Pissarradirector

Ana Pissarrawriter

Octávio Chambecast

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Mozambique 1974 - the European name of the capital Lourenço Marques was deleted and replaced by Maputo. Between the delicacy and the apocalyptic, Brisa Solar reveals the little secrets of an African city that was born from a modernist dream, which led a revolution and which today sees its cultural heritage and threatened by Chinese capitalism.

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