Peret,Benjamin (Author), Ponge,Robert (Author), and Maestri Filho,Mario Jose (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Porto Alegre, RS: UFRGS Editora
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
199 p, Contents: Benjamin Péret: surrealista e historiador de Palmares / Robert Ponge -- Benjamin Péret: um olhar heterodoxo sobre Palmares / Mário Maestri -- Nota sobre "Que foi o quilombo de Palmares?" de Benjamin Péret -- Que foi o quilombo de Palmares / Benjamin Péret
The article reports on archaeologists search for archaeological sites of the Maroons, runaway slaves of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in West Indies. Archaeologists claim that Maroons have the ability to become invisible. The efficacy of their tactic has made them elusive to slavery. It states that the constant threat of recapture and castigation on the island of Saint Croix led them to hide in remote, defensible spots that were hard to see. Moreover, archaeologists face difficulties in predicting the locations of the Maroons because they are do not leave any evidence of their presence.
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
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).
