TRÓPICOS MECÂNICOS (MUEDA)
© Susana Chicó
© Susana Chicó
© Bruno Simão
© Susana Chicó
TRÓPICOS MECÂNICOS (MUEDA) is a transmedia performance inspired by Afrofuturism and Brazilian Tropicalism, evoking memories and imaginaries surrounding the Mueda Massacre, which took place in Mozambique in 1960 — an event that marked the beginning of the Colonial War in Mozambique. The performance also draws inspiration from the film "Mueda, Memory and Massacre" (1979), by Mozambican-Brazilian filmmaker Ruy Guerra, which documents how the people of Mueda re-enacted the massacre annually as a ritual of collective memory and catharsis.
Direction and Text Felipe M. Bragança
Creation Felipe M. Bragança, Teatro Griot, and Catarina Wallenstein
Cast Zia Soares, Catarina Wallenstein, Gio Lourenço, Daniel Martinho, and Matamba Joaquim
Original Music Selma Uamusse, Milton Gulli, and 40D
Costumes and Props Ana Carolina Lopes and Victor Gonçalves
Video Felipe M. Bragança
Videographic Images Luang Dacach / Senegambia
Assistant Director Felipe Dutra
Accessories, Props and Additional Set Design (Brazil) Tainá Medina
Project funded by Portuguese Republic – DGARTES
Production DUAS MARIOLA FILMES
Support CINEMATHEQUE OF MAM RIO, AFRODIGITAL MUSEUM
PRESS
TRÓPICOS MECÂNICOS (MUEDA) performance em homenagem a Ruy Guerra