Carlos Djambo, a former guerrilla photographer, on a re-visit trip to the places where he documented the liberation struggle and the process of reconstruction of Mozambique after Independence. His photographs and the encounters with the people who shared his fighting experience are the guiding thread of a journey that reveals the country in contrast to the one that was idealized. On the road, due to unexpected encounters, is the drama in the life of Djambo that ends up being revealed - so fatally entangled that it is in the historical course of his country. NOTES ON THE PRODUCTION: The film DJAMBO had a first phase of preparation in 2015, with footage from interviews in Maputo, Ressano Garcia and Nbuzini (South Africa). The documentary research work was carried out throughout 2016, in archives in Mozambique and Sweden. The shooting of the trip in the provinces of Tete, Niassa and Cabo Delgado took place during the month of June 2016. The assembly and post-production of DJAMBO were carried out in Portugal during the months of July, August and September of 2016.
—Chico Carneiro