Films by Adrian Stölzle

2023, 91 min
by Adrian Stölzle

After Mozambique gained its Independence from Portugal, Benvindo and his family moved to Lisbon, the capital of the former colonial power. Only at the age of 16 he started dancing and in short time made it to the emblematic first dancer of the Gulbenkian Ballet - the first and only black dancer at the time. At the height of his career he suffered a severe injury and the doctors predicted that he will never be able to dance again.Reviving the memories of a glamorous yet painful past in the spotli