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Directed by | Jeremy Xido |
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Cinematography | Johan Legraie |
Edited by | Todd Holmes |
Music by | Christian Frederickson |
Distributed by | The Vladar Company |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Language | Portuguese |
Box office | $2,500 [1] |
Death Metal Angola is a 2012 Portuguese music biographical film directed by Jeremy Xido.
Death Metal Angola was released theatrically in the US on November 7, 2014. [2]
Death Metal Angola received unanimous acclaim during its festival run. The Huffington Post's E. Nina Rothe called Death Metal Angola a "must-watch film" and "a cult-classic in the making." [3] indieWIRE film critic Matt Mueller called it an “absorbing, beautifully shot documentary" and a "superb film.” [4] The Hollywood Reporter's Neil Young wrote, "Jeremy Xido's US-Angolan documentary traces how an extreme form of rock music has taken root in war-torn corner of south-west Africa" and stated that the film is "raucously crowd-pleasing." [5]