PROGRAM
《H》Films and Words 3: Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1 work, 80 min.
【TOKYO】Theatre Image Forum：9/29(MON) 1:30pm & 10/3(FRI) 1:30pm
【KYOTO】N/A
【NAGOYA】Nagoyakinema Neu：12/1(MON)7:20pm
Mueda, Memory and Massacre
Films and Words 3: Mueda, Memory and Massacre
1 work, 80 min.
A recently digitized historical film by Ruy GUERRA, a standard-bearer in the Cinema Novo movement, in which memories of a colonial-era massacre are transformed into a celebration of revolution.
On June 16th, 1960, the Portuguese army turned its guns on protesting civilians, and over 600 people were massacred in the town of Mueda. Ruy GUERRA’s film reenacted this event that marked the beginning of Mozambique’s anti-colonial struggle in the place where it happened after this nation had achieved independence. This is the first Japanese screening of this masterpiece of political cinema, considered Mozambique’s first feature-length film and a work that played an important role in the process of decolonization.
Mueda, Memory and Massacre Ruy GUERRA / 35mm (digital version) / 80min / 1979
► Curated by Bunga SIAGIAN (curator, researcher)
► Mon, Sep 29 at 1:30pm – Guest talk by Bunga SIAGIAN following the screening
◎Associated Special Program
Experimental Cinema in Words: Special Screening and Critical Writing Workshop 2025
Details & Registration (External Peatix site): https://iff2025-ws.peatix.com/
