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Name of Baptism: Frances
Name of Baptism: Frances

NAME OF BAPTISM: FRANCES

Nome de Batismo: Frances

Directed by Tila Chitunda
Brazil, 2019
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

The director immerses herself in her father’s past by meeting the nun who helped her family flee the Angola Civil War in the 1970s. They came to Olinda – Brazil and, as a tribute, the first daughter born in the country won the name of this woman.

Synopsis

The director immerses herself in her father’s past by meeting the nun who helped her family flee the Angola Civil War in the 1970s. They came to Olinda – Brazil and, as a tribute, the first daughter born in the country won the name of this woman.