The Blue Eyes of Yonta explained

Udju Azui di Yonta
Director:Flora Gomes
Producer:Paulo De Sousa
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Portugal, Guinea-Bissau
Language:Guinea-Bissau Creole
Cinematography:Dominique Gentil
Music:Adriano Gomes Ferreira

Udju Azul di Yonta / The Blue Eyes of Yonta is a 1991 Portuguese film, the second film by the Bissau-Guinean director Flora Gomes.[1] The government of Guinea-Bissau helped in production, together with the Institute of Cinema in Portugal, Vermedia Productions, and Portuguese television.[2]

Udju Azul di Yonta examines the aftermath of the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, "in the lives of those who fought, as well as in the lives of their children who are the hope of the future."[3] The film is structured around a triangle of unrequited love: the young student Zé is infatuated with the beautiful Yonta, who in turn is in love with Vicente, a militant former comrade of Yonta's father.[4]

The soundtrack was created by the band Super Mama Djombo, with members reuniting under the name for this purpose.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blandine Stefanson. Sheila Petty. Rosa Abidi. Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. https://books.google.com/books?id=n1RiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA170. 2014. Intellect Books. 978-1-78320-391-8. 170–72. The Blue Eyes of Yonta.
  2. Book: Claire Andrade-Watkins. Michael T. Martin. Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality. https://books.google.com/books?id=C4jkR-Ga4G4C&pg=PA197. 1995. Wayne State University Press. 0-8143-2588-2. 197. Portuguese African Cinema: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 1969-1993.
  3. Book: Sharon A. Russell. Guide to African Cinema. https://books.google.com/books?id=PVhbVQPTSmcC&pg=PA147. 1998. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29621-5. 147–149. Udju Azui di Yonta / The Blue Eyes of Yonta.
  4. Book: Patrick Williams. Lizelle Bisschoff. Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. https://books.google.com/books?id=VikxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT285. 2017. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-351-57738-0. 285–. Udju Azul di Yonta/The Blue Eyes of Yonta (Flora Gomes, 1992): Lost Dreams/Lost in Dreams?.
  5. Book: Arenas, Fernando. Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. University of Minnesota Press. 2011. 978-0-8166-6983-7. Minneapolis and London. 122. en.
  6. Web site: Motz. Dolf. 19 May 2012. AfricOriginal: Super Mama Djombo. 11 January 2022. AfricOriginal.

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