| Quilombo | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Carlos Diegues |
| Written by | Carlos Diegues João Felicio dos Santos Décio Freitas |
| Produced by | Augusto Arraes |
| Starring | Antônio Pompêo Zezé Motta Tony Tornado Vera Fischer |
| Cinematography | Lauro Escorel |
| Edited by | Mair Tavares |
| Music by | Gilberto Gil |
| Production companies | CDK Produções Embrafilme Gaumont |
| Distributed by | Embrafilme |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Quilombo is a 1984 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Diegues. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the history of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a community of escaped slaves that numbered in the thousands during the 17th century in north-eastern Brazil.
Cast
- Antônio Pompêo - Zumbi
- Zezé Motta - Dandara
- Tony Tornado - Ganga Zumba
- Vera Fischer - Ana de Ferro
- Antônio Pitanga - Acaiuba
- Maurício do Valle - Domingos Jorge Velho
- Daniel Filho - Carrilho
- João Nogueira - Rufino
- Jorge Coutinho - Sale
- Grande Otelo - Baba
- Joffre Soares - Caninde
- Camila Pitanga
- Jonas Bloch
- Chico Diaz
- Léa Garcia
- Milton Gonçalves
- Zózimo Bulbul
- Arduíno Colassanti
- Carlos Kroeber
- Thelma Reston
See also
- Ganga Zumba (1963 Brazilian film on the same historical events)
- List of films featuring slavery
References
- ^ "Quilombo" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- "Festival de Cannes: Quilombo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
External links
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