Diana Andringa

Diana Andringa GColL (born 21 August 1947), is an Angola-born Portuguese journalist, columnist, documentary filmmaker and producer. She is best known for co-directing the Guinea-Bissau film The Two Faces of War along with Flora Gomes.

Personal life Andringa was born on 21 August 1947 in Dundo village of Chitato, Lunda-Norte, Angola. Her father was a Diamang employee, who later witnessed racism and racial segregation from the company. Therefore, she moved to Portugal in 1958 with the family and attended secondary school in Portugal.

Career In 1964, she enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. But she later moved to journalism with university bulletins, in 1965. In 1967, she became a contributor to the "Diário Popular" and the "Diário de Lisboa" bulletins. In 1968, she attended the first course in Journalism implemented by the Portuguese Union of Journalists. After that, she was able to join the editorial staff of the magazine "Vida Mundial".

After released from the prison, she restarted her journalist career by rejoined the "Diário de Lisboa" in 1971. In 1972, he moved to Paris and completed a course in Sociology at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis. After the graduation, she returned Portugal in 1973. Then she rejoined magazine "Vida Mundial" and worked from 1976 to 1977. Apart from journalist career, Andringa later became an independent documentary filmmaker. She made many critics acclaimed documentaries such as Timor-Leste, The Crocodile's Dream, The Two Faces of War, Dundo, Colonial Memory, and Tarrafal: Memories from the Campo da Morte Lenta. As an author, she wrote four books: Em Defesa de Aquilino Ribeiro (1994), Demasiado! uma viagem ao mundo dos refugiados (1996), Funcionários da Verdade: Profissionalismo e Responsabilidade Social dos Jornalistas do Serviço Público de Televisão (2014) and Joaquim Pinto de Andrade, Uma Quase Autobiografia (2017).

Filmography 1975 - De sol a sol 1981 - Goa, 20 anos depois 1983 - Aristides de Sousa Mendes, o cônsul injustiçado 1985 - Iraque, o país dos dois rios 1994 - O Caso Big Dan's (about the Cheryl Araujo rape case) 1995 - Humberto Delgado: obviamente, assassinaram-no 1996 - Fonseca e Costa: A descoberta da vida, da luz e da liberdade, também 1996 - Corte de Cabelo: história de amor, Lisboa, anos 90 1996 - Vergílio Ferreira: retrato à minuta 1996 - Rómulo de Carvalho e o Seu Amigo António Gedeão 1997 - António Ramos Rosa - estou vivo e escrevo sol 1997 - Jorge de Sena - uma fiel dedicação à honra de estar vivo 1995 - Identificação de um País 1998 - José Rodrigues Miguéis: um homem do povo na história da República 2002 - Clandestino 2002 - Timor-Leste: O sonho do Crocodilo 2002 - Engenho e Obra: Cem anos de Engenharia em Portugal 2007 - Guiné-Bissau: As duas faces da guerra (co-directed with Flora Gomes) 2011 - Tarrafal - Memórias do Campo da Morte Lenta 2009 - Dundo, memória colonial 2015 - Operação Angola: Fugir para Lutar