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Writer/director Ekwa Msangi’s feature film debut,
Farewell Amor, follows an Angolan family as they attempt to reconnect after almost two decades living on different continents. Walter (Ntare Mwine) and Esther (Zainab Jah) met and fell in love in Angola during the Civil War. While Esther and their daughter, Sylvia (Jayme Lawson), stayed as refugees in Tanzania, Walter immigrated to New York City alone to create a home for the family. When the audience meets this family, Walter is picking up Esther and Sylvia from the airport after 17 years of separation.
The film, which premiered at Sundance 2020 and was bought by IFC films for digital release on December 11, is structured in three parts, showing the same scenes through the perspective of each character: Walter, Sylvia, and finally, Esther. Sylvia was only an infant when Walter left and now, as a teenager, she struggles to find her niche both at home and at her new Brooklyn high school. Meanwhile