Quilombo (film)

Quilombo
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	June 7, 1984 (1984-06-07)[1]
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.^[2] 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.^[1]

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

1. "Quilombo" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
2. "Festival de Cannes: Quilombo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

External links

• Quilombo at IMDb