Farewell Amor

Directed and written by Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor is the story of a Angolan family, a father, mother and daughter reunited after 17 years apart. They are now together in the U.S, strangers in the same one-bedroom apartment. Through the love of dance and music, they find their way back to love tuning themselves to the same united rhythm of their beating heart, saying goodbye to who they used to be. They grieve and rejoice.

It is a what-if story inspired by the author's uncle and aunt story who found themselves apart due to circumstances. 

It is a beautiful story of people who immigrated. the story is depoliticised. The tribulations and struggle that immigrants experience are unseen. Instead, we engaged more deeply about the heartbreak, longing and tension experienced by each family member as they redefine themselves as individuals and strive to find a united choreography as a block, a group, a unit

Dancers from the same company - who find within the tune of life their part. A part that is beautiful, strong, majestic, in harmony, in sync with the time at hand.

By choosing an Angolan family, the movie may be seen as an atypical African movie as the pan-european, Portuguese influences through music and dance - Kizomba, Kuduro - bring a different flavour and give the viewer a different perspective of what being an African in New York could be. They can be truly themselves through music and dance. They connect with one another and their roots through music and dance. Maybe the tune is an unseen person, an energy that cares for us to be more in tune, harmony and in sync than anything else.

Just dance, this person said.

Just dance