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Mueda

Ruy Guerra
1979 Mozambique 70 minutes Portuguese

Mueda, a small village in the far North of Mozambique, is a landmark for the Mozambican people’s history of resistance during the Portuguese colonialist occupation. On 16 June 1960, 600 people were shot to death by Portuguese soldiers. On 16 June1976, a play about this massacre is shown for the first time, in the very square where the massacre was carried out.

Production :
INCINE Instituto Nicarguense de Cine
Editing :
Ruy Guerra
Sound :
Valente Dimande; Gabriel Mondlane
Photography :
Ruy Guerra; Fernando Silva

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