Mortu Nega

Chronicling the end of Guinea-Bissau’s war of independence and the first steps towards a self-determining republic, Gomes’ portrait of a young couple’s love affair sidesteps the didactic tropes that underpin some stridently political films. Astonishing war-time set pieces are interspersed with the tragedies and romances of a young nation to mesmerising effect. The result is one of the treasures of African cinema.

Arike Oke

Restored in 2025 by the Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in collaboration with Flora Gomes. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO - in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna - to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.

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