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
