Science fiction, tale and documentation are blended in this visual and theatrical performance about the memories of the Mueda Massacre, which happened in Mozambique in 1960. An intermedia work, inspired by afro-futurism and Brazilian tropicalism, the show is also a homage to the Mozambican director Ruy Guerra, who turns 90 years old in 2021, author of three films made in this African territory: “Mueda, Memória e Massacre” (1979-80), “Os Comprometidos – Atas de um Processo de Descolonização” (1982-84) and the untitled documentation of a meeting between Samora Machel and the former military chiefs of the Mozambican War of Independence (1964-74).
In “Mueda, Memória e Massacre”, Ruy Guerra reflects on the events of 1960 in Mueda, portraying how the massacre was still in the memory of the residents of the small town in the north of the African country. The most peculiar thing was to discover that the region’s residents staged a street theater for decades that recreated the day of the massacre, as a way of purging trauma and reflecting on their past. Now, Felipe Bragança revisits colonial memory to propose a reinvented post-colonial imaginary, where other futures are possible.
Matamba Joaquim
Zia Soares
Gio Lourenço
Catarina Wallenstein
Daniel Martinho
“Trópicos Mecânicos (Mueda)” is the debut of the Brazilian director – author of the acclaimed film “Animal Amarelo” – in theatre, in collaboration with Teatro GRIOT and Catarina Wallenstein.
