''Another Day of Life'' (
Polish
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: ''Jeszcze dzień życia'') is a
non-fiction
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...
record of three months of the
Angolan Civil War
The Angolan Civil War ( pt, Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war immediately began after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. The war was ...
by the Polish writer
Ryszard Kapuściński
Ryszard Kapuściński (; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in bo ...
.
It is made up of a notable description of the degradation of the Angolan capital,
Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...
, an analysis of the various weaknesses of the
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social d ...
(MPLA) front, correspondence through
Telex
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between Kapuściński and the
Polish Press Agency
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The agency has 14 news desks in its headquarters ...
and a brief history of the conflict in Angola until 1976.
The book was turned into a full-length
animated documentary by the same name. Filming of the documentary part of the film started in the Autumn of 2013 in Poland, Angola, Portugal and Cuba. Released in 2018 and directed by Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow, ''Another Day of Life'' is a Polish, Spanish, German, Belgian and Hungarian co-production. The film premiered at the
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
of 2018.
References
1976 non-fiction books
Books about Africa
Books by Ryszard Kapuściński
Angolan Civil War
Non-fiction books adapted into films
Polish non-fiction books
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