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Dr. Gama
Release Date: July 29, 2021
Year | : | 2021 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Drama, History |
Production Companies | : | Globo Filmes, Paranoid Filmes, Buda Filmes |
Director | : | Jeferson De |
Producers | : | Heitor Dhalia, Carlos Diegues, Paula Pretta, Egisto Betti, Pedro Betti, Cristiane Arenas, Joelma Oliveira Gonzaga, Manoel Rangel |
Writers | : | Luiz Antônio |
RunTime | : | 92 mins. |
Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a black man who used the laws and courts to free more than 500 slaves. Born of a free womb, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of 10 to pay off his father's gambling debts. Even as a slave, he became literate, studied and earned his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. An abolitionist and republican who inspired an entire country.
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