KUXA KANEMA, THE BIRTH OF CINEMA

The first cultural act of Mozambique’s government after independence in 1975 was the foundation of the National Institute of Cinema [NIC]. The new President, Samora Machel, had a strong awareness of the cinematic potential of creating an image for a new socialist nation. All over the country, cinema road units were screening NIC’s most popular production, a newsreel untitled Kuxa Kanema, which means The Birth of Cinema.