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Mueda, Memória e Massacre (1979)

Mueda, Memória e Massacre poster
Directed by
Ruy Guerra
Genre
drama film
Country
Mozambique
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film depicts the annual reenactment of a 1960 massacre in Mueda. It shows Mozambicans performing the story of over 600 peaceful protesters who were killed.

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What happens

Mueda, Memória e Massacre (Mueda, Memory and Massacre) is a 1979 Mozambican film directed by Ruy Guerra and considered the country's first feature fiction film. The film captures the annual theatrical re-enactment of the Mueda Massacre of 1960 that left over 600 peaceful protesters dead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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