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2. Hip hop SP
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Filho,Francisco (Author), Martinelli,Mirella (Author), Coutinho,Marcelo (Author), and Abujamra,Andre (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- New York, NY: Third World Newsreel
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (11 min., 12 sec.), Examines the experiences of Sao Paulo's black community through their hip hop music, dance and grafitti.
3. Quilombo
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Diegues,Carlos (Author), Pompeo,Antonio (Author), Arraes,Augusto (Author), and Arraes,Augusto (Editor)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- por
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- New York, NY: New Yorker Video
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in; VHS., A dramatization which chronicles the Palmares quilombo, the most famous of the 17th century Brazilian groups of runaway black slaves. Shows how this self-governing community flourished for several decades under the reign of the legendary chieftan Ganga Zumba; Writer, director, Carlos Diegues. Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture; In Portuguese with English subtitles; Director of photography, Lauro Escorel Filho; music, Gilberto Gil
4. Quilombo country
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Adams,Leonard (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- In English; interviews in Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- New York: Moving Eye Productions
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- videorecording; 1 videodisc (75 min.), Provides a portrait of rural communities in Brazil that were either founded by runaway slaves or began from abandoned plantations. This type of community is known as a quilombo, from an Angolan word that means "encampment." As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today.
5. Terra de negro
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Shinkai,Rubens (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 200-?
- Published:
- Belém, Par., [Brazil]: Digital Produções
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.), Employing footage shot between December 5 and 9, 2003, this documentary looks at the history, life, traditions, and celebrations of the black population of the municipalities of Baião and Mocajuba, located in the Brazilian state of Pará.
6. Terras de quilombo
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Santos,Murillo (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Potuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2003?
- Published:
- Brazil: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (45 min.), Documentary on the rural communities in Alcântara, Brazil (in the state of Maranhão), descendants of the quilombos founded by Blacks who had escaped from slavery. The documentary explores the communities' historical narratives, rituals, festivals, use of land and natural resources, and describes the displacement of families for the construction and expansion of the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (a launching base for rockets and satellites).