September 1979, Schönefeld Airport, Berlin, East Germany.
The young Mozambicans,
who will spend four years gaining qualifications for their homeland,
stand on the ground of a socialist country
for the first time in their lives.
The first images show how curious
the Mozambican friends are about their new surroundings.
The group, which numbers 50, includes four women.
Like the men, they will obtain specialist qualifications
in metalworking, by working in one of the GDR’s socialist factories.
In the bus we discover some songs from the young People’s Republic.
We travel on the autobahn from Berlin toward Dresden,
to Lauchhammer,
to their future workplace, the Lauchhammer brown coal combine.