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The documentary shows the guerilla fight of the Angolan revolutionaries from the fight against Portuguese colonialism. The people had been fighting for 14 years for their independence and when it was going to be declared an independent republic, pseudorevolutionary forces and organizations and puppet groups were supported by imperialism to stop the liberatory desires of the people. The CIA supported UNITA, FLNA, etc. All of this served to to oppose the courage and decision of the Angolan people, supported the Cuban people with their arms, force, and their own lives. In great battles, the Angolan and Cuban patriots expel the enemies. On November 11, 1975, President Agostinho Neto took office.
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In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola changed him forever: it was a reporter who left Poland, but it was a writer who returned…

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