Mueda, Memory and Massacre
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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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Ruy Guerra Director · Calisto Dos Lagos Writer
First release January 1, 1980 · Produced in Mozambique · Original title Mueda, Memória e Massacre
Production
Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique
Production
Mozambique
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Original title
Mueda, Memória e Massacre
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Mozambique · January 1, 1980
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No release date listed for United States.
France
May 5, 1982
Germany
January 1, 1981 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Portugal
September 6, 1987 · Figueira da Foz Film Festival
Russia
May 25, 1980 · Premiere · Source: IMDB (Tashkent)
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