GuineaBissau Cradle of the Empire

This documentary produced in 1946 on the occasion of the halfcentury of Portuguese presence in GuineaBissau reveals interesting contradictions The activities and customs of the Guineans are filmed with a lot of attention and sometimes of proximity Their resistance to colonization is even evoked cleverly recovered by the comment which claims that they are all Portuguese But the colonists are very few present some dressed in a sparkling white costume and two very poor The Africans proud talented imposing occupy the whole film