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Mortu nega [videorecording] = Those whom death refused /

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) Subtitle language: English Publication details: [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [1988]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Those whom death refused

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DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .M6788 1988

Summary: "In 1973, independence was proclaimed [in Guinea Bissau], ending five centuries of Portuguese colonization and a decade of armed struggle. [This film], Gomes' first feature-length film, portrays this critical period in history through the story of one woman, Diminga, whose husband is fighting on the front lines. The camera captures Cabral's assassination, the ending of hostilities, and the reconstruction of the economically and spiritually devastated country struggling with drought and famine. The term "Mortu Nega" means those that death did not want, and Gomes films a ceremony using 3000 extras, in which survivors call upon the dead, asking them how they can go on living in such terrible conditions"--Le monde Cannes, '96 supplement, May 10.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02114 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050182884

Title from container and disc label.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Run time: approx. 93 min.

DVD; DVD-R.

In Criolo with English subtitles.

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Mortu nega [videorecording] = Those whom death refused /