Directed by Billy Woodberry • 2024 • France, Portugal
Director Billy Woodberry examines the life and legacy of Mário Pinto de Andrade, a Pan-African thinker, activist, and founder of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) whose work was critical to the African liberation movements of the 1960s and ’70s. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials, Woodberry sheds light on a revolutionary figure whose legacy is evident in his analyses of African politics; his quest for a proper understanding of the origins of African identity; his poetry, plays, and screenplays; and in the memories of his family, friends, and disciples, who tell of his great spirit and rigorous mind.
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The Pocketbook
Directed by Billy Woodberry • 1980 • United States
Starring Ray Cherry, David Jenkins, Ella “Simi” NelsonAdapted from Langston Hughes’s classic short story “Thank You, Ma’am,” Billy Woodberry’s UCLA student film follows a young man reflecting on his life after a robbery gone wrong.
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Marseille après la guerre
Directed by Billy Woodberry • 2005 • United States
Through striking black-and-white photos, director Billy Woodberry creates a poetic portrait of the dockworkers who struggled together in Marseille after World War II and reflects on the political awakening of one of them—future “father of Africa...
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A Story from Africa
Directed by Billy Woodberry • 2019 • Portugal, United States
In this powerful archival documentary, director Billy Woodberry draws from rare early-twentieth-century photographs to shed light on the tragic history of the Portuguese colonization of Angola.
