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Mueda, memória e massacre

Ruy Guerra
1979 Mozambique 75 minutes Portuguese

On 16 June 1960 in Mueda, Mozambique, the Portuguese army executed six hundred inhabitants on the orders of the Portuguese governor. Since the country’s independence, Mueda’s residents relive this event each year in a theatrical re-enactment, playing the roles of the assassins, victims and spectators. This film sets a historical landmark in the cinematic memory of decolonisation and the Mozambican people’s grieving process.

Production :
Instituto Nacional de Audiovisual e Cinema de Moçambique
Editing :
Ruy Guerra; Romão Canapoquele; Filipe Gunoguacala; Mauricio Machimbuco; Baltazar Nchilema; Calisto Dos Lagos
Photography :
Ruy Guerra; Fernando Silva
Copy Contact :
Calmels

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