Mortu Nega (English: "Death Denied" or "Those Whom Death Refused") is a 1988 historic film by Flora Gomes, a director from Guinea-Bissau. "Mortu Nega" was Gomes' first feature-length film. This is the first docufiction, more precisely the first ethnofiction, from his country that shows, in an expressive and touching way, the experiences of the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. This film blends contemporary history with mythology, in this case African mythology. "Mortu Nega" was the first film produced in independent Guinea-Bissau. Its world premiere was at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 1988.