Mueda, Memory and Massacre

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 5, 1982

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

PORTUGUESE

Countries

Mozambique

Production

Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0081194