Quilombo with Antonio Pompeo: DVD Cover

    Quilombo Director: Carlos Diegues Cast: Antonio Pompeo, Zeze Motta, Tony Tornado, Vera Fischer

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    • DVD Release Date: 09/27/2005
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Not Rated
     
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    The making of Quilombo (42 minutes); Scene selections

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- Quilombo
    1. Opening Credits [2:08]
    2. His Due Punishment [2:37]
    3. Ambush! [1:36]
    4. The Land of Free Men [3:02]
    5. My Piece of Land [3:08]
    6. It's a Boy [2:25]
    7. Beware the Enemy's Smile [2:21]
    8. Return to the Forest [2:30]
    9. I've Got the One [3:49]
    10. No Master, No Brand [1:32]
    11. Spy! Traitor! [3:12]
    12. The Devil Four-Fold [1:47]
    13. A Sign [2:18]
    14. Runaway [2:50]
    15. He's Come Back [5:09]
    16. A Proposition [5:15]
    17. Done our Duty [1:22]
    18. Run, You Devil [1:21]
    19. We Bid our Farewells [4:32]
    20. The Sun of War [5:26]
    21. Time Without War [1:09]
    22. Agreed? [1:41]
    23. Palmares is Still Here [4:57]
    24. It's Cucaú! [3:12]
    25. Palm Wine [7:33]
    26. Became a Slave [1:21]
    27. The Greatest Shame [6:37]
    28. Advance! [:01]
    29. They've Retreated [7:51]
    30. Palmares Is Eternal [2:12]
    31. The Mist Is Rising [5:55]
    32. Till the End [2:42]
    33. No Way Out [5:26]
    34. The War's Over [:47]
    35. Enemy Hands [1:03]
    36. End Credits [3:32]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Quilombo de Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil. Still, the film is refreshingly free of self-righteous oratory, and serves as an excellent introduction to anyone intrigued by the political history of South America. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 History of the longest African Marroon society in the Americas.
    Shangodare Fashina (omoaberifa@hotmail.com) , a Babalawo, 10/10/2002

    Quilombo is an exciting factual tale of the longest maroon society of escaped African slaves in the Americas. It shows the struggles and sacrifices of this society to remain free. Within the movie, it highlights one of the greatest generals of African descent in America,''ZUMBI''.Quilombo also positively demonsrates the power of the chattle slave-family,culture, and indigenous African religion(it depicts two African deites that are worshipped by the adherents of the Ifa,Santeria, and Condomble religions, which are Shango and Ogun). This movie answers questions why maroon societies didn't last long ,or were too few in the United States and elsewhere.

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