Introduced by Fernando Arenas, Associate Professor of Portuguese, University of Minnesota
Set in Angola, an African nation torn apart first by its struggle against Portugal’s colonial rule and then its own civil war, this film looks compassionately at a decorated soldier as he adapts to civilian life and a prosthetic leg. With humor, romance, and real solutions, this is a universal story of returning home to a place where war medals mean nothing when seeking a new life. The Hero received Grand Prize, World Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. 2005, Angola, color, 35mm, in Portuguese with English subtitles, 97 minutes. Fernando Arenas and Walker film curator Sheryl Mousley lead a post-screening discussion
