The Blue Eyes of Yonta

Udju Azui di Yonta
	Film poster
Directed by	Flora Gomes
Produced by	Paulo De Sousa
Written by	Manuel Rambout Barcelos, Ina Césaire , Flora Gomes, David Lang
Music by	Adriano Gomes Ferreira
Cinematography	Dominique Gentil
Release date	February 5, 1991;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Portugal, Guinea-Bissau
Language	Guinea-Bissau Creole

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]

References

Rosa Abidi (2014). "The Blue Eyes of Yonta". In Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (eds.). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. pp. 170–72. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.
Claire Andrade-Watkins (1995). "Portuguese African Cinema: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 1969-1993". In Michael T. Martin (ed.). Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality. Wayne State University Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-8143-2588-2.
Sharon A. Russell (1998). "Udju Azui di Yonta / The Blue Eyes of Yonta". Guide to African Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 147–149. ISBN 978-0-313-29621-5.
Patrick Williams (2017). "Udju Azul di Yonta/The Blue Eyes of Yonta (Flora Gomes, 1992): Lost Dreams/Lost in Dreams?". In Lizelle Bisschoff (ed.). Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-1-351-57738-0.

External links

The Blue Eyes of Yonta at IMDb

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[StefansonPetty2014-1] Rosa Abidi (2014). "The Blue Eyes of Yonta". In Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (eds.). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. pp. 170–72. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.

[ReidLopez1995-2] Claire Andrade-Watkins (1995). "Portuguese African Cinema: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 1969-1993". In Michael T. Martin (ed.). Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality. Wayne State University Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-8143-2588-2.

[Russell1998-3] Sharon A. Russell (1998). "Udju Azui di Yonta / The Blue Eyes of Yonta". Guide to African Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 147–149. ISBN 978-0-313-29621-5.

[Bisschoff2017-4] Patrick Williams (2017). "Udju Azul di Yonta/The Blue Eyes of Yonta (Flora Gomes, 1992): Lost Dreams/Lost in Dreams?". In Lizelle Bisschoff (ed.). Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-1-351-57738-0.