BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
We believe that it is more than just a book and it goes beyond the editors will “to document an exceptional architectonic treasure and promote a reflection about cultural, social and affective heritage.” We believe that this book expresses the aspirations not only of known and unknown architects that “built in the decades before the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1975”, but also Angola societies, spread through the country, with aspirations of culture and enjoying access to free forms of expression. The photographs, all taken by Walter Fernandes in 2013, give us that same feeling that film does to us all, the freedom to imagine. And we can imagine all those atmospheres, all those social meetings and what all those spaces represented to different people, from grownups to children. The texts, the motivation for this book by Chris-
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tiane Schulte, Gabriele Stiller-Kern and Miguel Hurst, Cinemas of Angola by Maria Alice Correia and F. joão Guimarães and Heritage, wealth by Paula Nascimento are very informative and well written. We sense a good team work not only among the most active elements but also between the publisher and the Goethe-Institute as well as different institutions involved in the process. We find it a wonderful piece of work!
Angola Cinemas / Walter Fernandes / Miguel Hurst Publisher: Steidl ISBN: 978-3-86930-794-7 Hardcover Portuguese, English 237 Pages 2015