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Mueda, Memory and Massacre

Mueda, Memory and Massacre

Original Title: Mueda, Memória e Massacre

19801h 20m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1980

Runtime

1h 20m

Storyline

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.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Jan 1, 1980
Languages
Portuguese
Director
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Guerra
Production
Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique
Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique
Production Countries
Mozambique

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