Carvalho,José Jorge de (Editor), Doria,Siglia Zambrotti (Editor), and Oliveira,Adolfo Neves, Jr. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
Portuguese
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Salvador: Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais : Editora da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at the I Seminário das Comunidades Negras do Sertão da Bahia, held at the Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais in December 1993., 270 p., Contents: A experiência histórica nas Américas e no Brasil / José Jorge de Carvalho -- A comunidade rural negra do Rio das Rãs ; O processo de ocupação da região do Rio das Rãs ; A experiência comunitæria ; Símbolos e projeções míticas da história ; A comunidade negra do Rio das Rãs : remanescentes dos quilombos ; Estado atual da luta jurídica / Siglia Zambrotti Doria e José Jorge de Carvalho -- Reflexão antropológica e prática pericial / Adolfo Neves de Oliveira Jr; Seminário das Comunidades Negras do Sertão da Bahia
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).
