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2. 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
3. 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).