My Grandmother Trelotótó review – following a lost family history from Mozambique to Portugal

My Grandmother Trelotótó review – following a lost family history from Mozambique to Portugal

Catarina Ruivo’s sprawling documentary trails her late relation back to the former colony, following the letters she wrote home in the 1940s and 50sAt nearly three hours, Catarina Ruivo’s sprawling documentary seeks to halt the march of death. When her grandmother Júlia died, she left behind a treasure trove of letters, written between 1946 and 1957 when she was living in Mozambique, then under Portuguese colonial rule. Read out by actor Rita Du…