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Format: DVD
Sep 2005
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
114 min.
Color
UPC: 717119445546 |
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Movie Description
In 17th century Brazil, a group of runaway slaves escapes to the mountains and develop a secret self-governing community. Based on the true struggles of one of many such rebellious strongholds.
Synopsis
In 17th century colonial Brazil, the health of the economic system depended upon the work of slaves. But the slaves had no intention of taking their captivity quietly: they fought their "owners" and fled to the hills, where they established quilombos or free slave states.
Taking advantage of recent historical research, director Carlos Diegues -- who first explored the subject in his 1964 film "Ganga Zumba" -- looks at Palmares, one of the largest and most long-lived of the quilombos. It's an epic tale of an attempted utopian society, and the inability of that utopia to survive in the face of racism, colonialism, and militarism.
The film features a brilliant score written and performed by composer/singer Gilberto Gil.
Industry Reviews
"...[QUILOMBO] is a tale told in the terms of the epic cinema of great heroes, terrible events, self-sacrifice and the victory of the spirit. It's also about the attempts of [Diegues] and his colleagues to create a distinctively Brazilian cinema that defines the national character..."
New York Times - Vincent Canby (03/28/1986)
"...It is Brazilian film maker Carlos Diegues' gift to be able to create entrancing, sensual film epics from his country's tumultuous experience....This all-embracing form allows Diegues to range easily from myth to history to satire, from comedy to tragedy, and from past to present..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (06/20/1986)
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