Family· Rotterdam
The Blood of the Covenant
This documentary follows filmmaker Fábio Silva as he supports his Cape Verdean mother—alone for the first time after a forty-year marriage—in rebuilding her life, while gently probing the family's past. Through interviews, old photos, and his father's belongings, the film sensitively explores her marriage, Cape Verdean relationship norms, life as a Cape Verdean in Portugal, and the complex dynamic