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VASCO PINTO LEITE was born in Lisbon on April 6, 1936. He graduated in 1959 with a degree in civil engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico. Alongside his professional activity as an engineer, from the second half of the 1960s until 1974, he dedicated himself to the production and distribution of non-professional films, with screenings and debates throughout the country, as well as to the organization of the activity in Portugal and in the territories of Angola and Mozambique, and also to the international relations of the movement.
He is the author of short films that have won several national and international awards.

For television he produced the series “Memória Audiovisual” (1987 to 1989), “A Casa Sagrada de Malangatana” (1995) and “Encontros de África” (2001).

He has published several literary works, most notably the book "The Corpus Delicti - The Idea of the Future and the Portuguese Cultural Question" (2013), a reflection on the Portuguese cultural question from the period immediately before and after April 25th.

He is a member of the Presidency of the "Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation" and co-founder of the "MPPM - Movement for Rights".
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