CinemaOSMovie · 1980 · 1h 20m

Mueda, Memory and Massacre

70%(2)IMDbDocumentary

Mueda was a massacre. The name is that of the village in Northern Mozambique where in 1960 it took place. The Portuguese colonial regime did the killing. In independent Mozambique, those inhabitants of Mueda who survived regularly re-enact the massacre in situ. They themselves play the roles of victims, assassins, and spectators. Ruy Guerra, now a Brazilian but born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique), filmed this extraordinary creation of liberated popular culture, intercutting it with first-hand interviews on the massacre. The mix is compelling, and the grave yet joyous spectacle unique.

Directed byRuy Guerra

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
PT
Released
January 1, 1980
Studios
Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Romao Canapoquele

Filipe Gunoguacala

Mauricio Machimbuco

Baltazar Nchilema

Creative team
Directed by
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Guerra
Written by
Calisto Dos Lagos
Produced by
Camilo De Sousa
Jacques Schwarztein

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