In this masterclass with Spanish filmmaker Miguel Eek (Amílcar) we examine how to build a film in the first person. Eek speaks to the opening of the subjective space of this African liberation icon through his letters, poems and writings. He details how the discovery of new material midway through the process shaped the outcome of the film. Amílcar Cabral’s intimate texts become the narrative backbone as the filmmaker grapples with the difference between explaining Cabral and being challenged by him.