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A Guinea-Bissau filmmaker, born in Cadec. Flora studied cinema at the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry. Flora shot his film Mortu Nega (1988) fourteen years after his country's independence. The film depicts the final moments of his country's struggle for freedom and the challenges of the new independence. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1988 and is the second feature film from Guinea-Bissau, the first being s N’tturudu, by director Umban u’Kest in 1987. Flora's most important works include Po di Sangui (1996), The Children's Republic (2012), and Nha Fala (2002).