Things Get Heavy In The Trailer For DEATH METAL ANGOLA

Stuart Muller, Contributing Writer; South Africa

November 20 2014, 5:00 PM

Christopher Bourne first brought Death Metal Angola to our attention in his coverage of DOC NYC 2013. Following its successful festival run, the film is currently in consideration for a Best Documentary Oscar nomination, and will be unleashed in the US this Friday.

Sonia Ferreira and Wilker Flores live and breathe hardcore rock and roll. They run the Okutiuka orphanage in the war-ravaged city of Huambo, Angola and dream of mounting the first-ever national rock concert. Raucous and righteous, DEATH METAL ANGOLA follows their story, giving audiences a look at a rock show off the grid that is fulfilling, haunting, and real.

Check out the images below, and definitely don't miss the fantastic trailer for this *spoiler alert* marvelous documentary. Then come back for our full review in the next day or two.

The film will be available for download on iTunes 21 Nov, but if you live in New York City you have some particularly cool opportunities to see it open at Cinema Village this weekend. Friday's 7pm screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Jeremy Xido, and Saturday's 7pm screening includes a special concert by Brooklyn metal band Unlocking The Truth, a trio of three young African American boys who rock with metal in their veins (recently featured on The Colbert Report, and in Rolling Stone and Spin).

Rock on!