Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1982•1h 20m•7.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Ruy Guerra
Writer
Calisto Dos Lagos
Languages
Portuguese
Studio
Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique
Cast
Romao Canapoquele
Filipe Gunoguacala
Mauricio Machimbuco
Baltazar Nchilema
Production
Company
Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique
Producer
Jacques Schwarztein
Producer
Camilo De Sousa
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