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Quilombo (film)
''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 Film has been the most influential medium in the presentation of the history of slavery to the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Diegues
Carlos Diegues (also known as Cacá Diegues; 19 May 1940 – 14 February 2025) was a Brazilian film director, best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement. He was popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing film techniques among other film producers of the Cinema Novo movement. Diegues was also widely known for his dynamic use of visuals, ideas, plots, themes, and other cinematic techniques. He incorporated many musical acts in his film as he favored musical pieces to be complementary to his ideas. Diegues remained very popular and is regarded as having been one of the great cinematic producers of his generation. Diegues would go on to produce films, plays, musicals, and other forms of entertainment in Brazil. Diegues' contributions to Brazilian cinema developed the film industry. He would pioneer the most expensive film projects that domestic filmmakers had ever seen. Films such as ''Bye Bye Brazil'' were two million dollar projects and later on films such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganga Zumba
Nganga Nzumba () (c. 1630 - 1678) was the first leader of the massive runaway slave settlement of Quilombo dos Palmares, or Angola Janga, in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. Zumba was enslaved and escaped bondage on a sugar plantation and eventually rose to the position of highest authority within the kingdom of Palmares, and the corresponding title of ''Ganga Zumba''. The name Although some Portuguese documents regard Ganga Zumba as his proper name, and this name is widely used today, the most important of the documents translates the name as "Great Lord." In Kikongo, ''nganga a nzumbi'' was "the priest responsible for the spiritual defense of the community" which was a ''kilombo'' or military settlement made up multiple groups. A letter written to him by the governor of Pernambuco in 1678 and now found in the Archives of the University of Coimbra, calls him "Ganazumba," which is a better translation of "Great Lord" (in Kimbundu). Early life Ganga is said to hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Gonçalves
Milton Gonçalves (; 9 December 1933 – 30 May 2022) was a Brazilian actor and television director, who was one of the most famous black actors in Brazil, having collaborated twice with acclaimed director Héctor Babenco. One notable role with Babenco was that alongside William Hurt and Raul Julia as a police chief in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman''. He worked in many telenovelas, including '' A Cabana do Pai Tomás'', '' Irmãos Coragem'', '' O Bem-Amado'', '' Pecado Capital'', '' Baila Comigo'', '' Partido Alto'', ''Mandala'', '' Felicidade'', '' A Favorita'', and '' Lado a Lado''. He also worked as director in ''O Bem-Amado'' and '' Escrava Isaura''. Career Gonçalves began his career in São Paulo, in an amateur group. As he moved to a professional group, he met Augusto Boal Augusto Boal (; 16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léa Garcia
Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar (11 March 1933 – 15 August 2023) was a Brazilian actress. She was known for her numerous television and film roles. Her breakout role was in the 1959 Oscar-winning '' Black Orpheus'', in which she portrayed Serafina, Eurydice's cousin. Garcia died of heart complications on 15 August 2023, at the age of 90. Television roles * 2020 Arcanjo Renegado - Dona Laura * 2007 Luz do Sol - Edite (Babá) * 2006 Cidadão Brasileiro - Dadá * 2001 O Clone - Lola * Você Decide *o 1999 Juízo Final *o 1996 O Professor *o 1996 Retrato em Preto e Branco * 1999 Suave Veneno - Selma * 1997 Anjo Mau - Cida * 1996 Xica da Silva - Bastiana * 1996 O Campeão * 1995 Tocaia Grande * 1994 A Viagem - Natália * 1993 Agosto - Sebastiana * 1990 Araponga - Mundica * 1990 Desejo - Mariana * 1989 Pacto de Sangue - Rute * 1988 Abolição * 1987 Helena - Chica * 1986 Dona Beija - Flaviana * 1983 Bandidos da Falange - Gladys * 1980 Marina - Leila * 1978 Maria, Maria - Rita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Diaz
Chico () means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (). Chico may refer to: Places *Chico, California, a city * Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community *Chico, Texas, a town *Chico, Washington, a census designated place * Chico Creek, Colorado * Chico Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation in the US * Chico River (other) *Río Chico (other) * Ch'iqu, or Volcán Chico, a volcano in Bolivia People Nickname * Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (1920–1992), Canadian trumpeter *Chico Anysio (1931–2012), Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer * Francisco Aramburu (1922–1997), Brazilian footballer * Chico Bouchikhi (born 1954), musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings, later leader of Chico & the Gypsies *Chico Buarque (born 1944), Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet *Chico (footballer, born 1922), Brazilian footballer Francisco Aramburu *Chico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Bloch
Jonas Bloch (born February 8, 1939) is a Brazilian actor. Most known for his television roles as villains, Bloch is descendant of Ukrainian-Jewish people and father of actress Débora Bloch. Selected filmography * ''Quilombo A ''quilombo'' (); from the Kimbundu word , ) is a Brazilian hinterland town, settlement founded by people of Afro-Brazilians, African origin, and others sometimes called Carabali. Most of the inhabitants of quilombos, called quilombolas, were ...'' (1984) * '' Avaete, Seed of Revenge'' (1985) * '' The Man in the Black Cape'' (1986) * '' Top Model'' (1989) * '' Mulheres de Areia'' (1993) * '' A Viagem'' (1994) * '' Tropicaliente'' (1994) * ''Irmãos Coragem'' (1995) * '' Malhação'' (1998) * '' O Circo das Qualidades Humanas'' (2000) * '' Woman on Top'' (2000) * '' Mango Yellow'' (2002) * '' O Quinto dos Infernos'' (2002) * '' Jamais Te Esquecerei'' (2003) * '' A Lei e o Crime'' (2009) * '' Bela, a Feia'' (2009) * '' Vitória'' (2014) * '' Bom Sucesso' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Pitanga
Camila Manhães Sampaio (born 14 June 1977), known professionally as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in film and television. In film, she is known for her roles in '' Quilombo'', '' Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil'', '' Redeemer'', '' I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'', '' Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury'', among others. In television, she is known for her roles in '' Paraíso Tropical'', '' Cama de Gato'', '' Lado a Lado'', '' Babilônia'', and '' Velho Chico''. Career In 1984, Pintaga made her acting debut as a child in Quilombo. Camila Pitanga starred in the film '' I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips''. Camila starred in the telenovelas '' Cama de Gato'', '' Lado a Lado'', '' Babilônia'' and '' Velho Chico'' and was the antagonist in Porto dos Milagres and Paraíso Tropical. Personal life Pitanga was born in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joffre Soares
Joffre Soares (21 September 1918 – 19 August 1996) was a Brazilian film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1963 and 1996. Selected filmography * ''Vidas secas'' (1963) - Fazendeiro (Farmer) * ' (1963) * ''Selva Trágica'' (1964) - Nitan * ''Grande Sertão'' (1965) - Zé Bebelo * ''Entre Amor e O Cangaço'' (1965) * ''The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga'' (1965) - Joaozinho Bem Bem * ''A Grande Cidade ou As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe'' (1966) - Lourival * ''Entranced Earth'' (1967) - Father Gil * '' The ABC of Love'' (1967) - Inez's father (segment "Pacto, O") * '' Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva e Tráz'' (1967) - Blind Man * ''Panca de Valente'' (1968) * ''Viagem ao Fim do Mundo'' (1968) - Barbosa * ''O Homem Nu'' (1968) - Senator Santos Neves * ''Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço'' (1968) - Salustiano * ''A Virgem prometida'' (1968) * ''A Madona de Cedro'' (1968) - Padre Estevão * '' O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo (October 18, 1915 – November 26, 1993) was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away from the families that adopted him; only when he took up art did his life become settled. Grande Otelo started his film career in 1935 in the movie ''Noites Cariocas''. He was also renowned for the comic duo he formed with Oscarito. He died, aged 78, in Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris and was buried in São Pedro cemetery in Uberlândia, Brazil. Grande Otelo is depicted in the 2023 biographical documentary film ''Othelo, o Grande'', by Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos. Biography 1920: Childhood and youth Otelo was the son of Antenor Prata and Maria das Dores de Souza. His father, who was a cowboy, died when Sebastião was only two years old. According to the actor himself, his career in acting began a few short years after in UIberlând ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Coutinho
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese . It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form '' Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record in Portugal as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1939), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Nogueira
João Nogueira (November 12, 1941 – June 5, 2000) was a Brazil, Brazilian singer and composer, famous for his samba compositions. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. His first composition, "Espera ó Nega" was recorded in 1968, however it was in 1970 that he gained fame when Elizeth Cardoso recorded his song "Corrente de Aço". His music has been recorded by some of Brazil's most well known singers such as Elis Regina, Clara Nunes, Emílio Santiago, Beth Carvalho and Alcione Nazaré, Alcione. He is also the father of singer and composer Diogo Nogueira. Biography Early life and career The son of lawyer and musician João Batista Nogueira and the brother of composer Gisa Nogueira, João came into contact with the musical world early. He soon learned to play the guitar and compose in partnership with his sister. João Nogueira began composing at fifteen, creating sambas for the Labareda carnival block in Méier. Through this, he met musician Moacyr Silva, director of the Copaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Filho
João Carlos Daniel Filho (born 30 September 1937), best known as Daniel Filho, is a Brazilian film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter. He starred in the 1962 film '' The Unscrupulous Ones'', which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Personal life Filho was previously married to Regina Duarte, an actress who served as Special Secretary of Culture in the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. Selected filmography ;Actor * ;Director * '' A Cama ao Alcance de Todos'' (1969) * '' Believe It or Not'' (1969) * '' Pobre Príncipe Encantado'' (1969) * '' O Casal'' (1975) * '' O Cangaceiro Trapalhão'' (1983) * '' The Inheritance'' (2001) * '' Owner of the Story'' (2004) * '' Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water'' (2006) * '' If I Were You'' (2006) * '' Cousin Bazilio'' (2007) * '' If I Were You 2'' (2008) * ''Peacetime'' (2009) * ''Chico Xavier'' (2010) * ''As Cariocas'' (2010) * ''Confissões de Adolescente'' (2013) *''Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
