From the Ashes

Set in a small village called Ilha Josina in the south of Moçambique, the film gives us a window on to some of the ways the villagers are working towards healing the wounds of the past. The film follows people who fought on both sides of the war and who suffered at the hands of both. The characters have different belief systems and different philosophies. They show in the film their private ways, partly through ritual, partly through personally developed philosophies, of reconciling their past, living the present and working towards the future.