Quilombo /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Quilombo (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: CDK (Firm), New Yorker Films, New Yorker Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Diegues, Carlos, Arraes, Augusto, Pompeo, Antonio, Motta, Zezé, Tornado, Toni
Format: Video VHS
Language:Portuguese
Language Notes:In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Films ; New Yorker Video, [1991]
Series:Great directors (New Yorker Video (Firm))
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Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
A foreign film (Brazil).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (114 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Lauro Escorel Filho ; editor, Mair Tavares ; music, Gilberto Gil.