Ganga Zumba
Ganga Zumba
| 20 January 1972 (USA)
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The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Reviews
FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.
Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Anakitsuke Hidetora "Ganga Zumba" is, to this very day, one of the greatest films ever made about slavery and the formation of African-based cultures on the Americas. Its brutally honest and poetic style are drenched in respect and admiration for the African people, in a nostalgic, hopeful way.It's unfortunate that director Carlos Diegues went on to produce increasingly worse films with each new of his outings, for this one has stood the test of time like a fine black diamond.Along with "Black God, White Devil" and "Barren Lives" this is a Brazilian Classic from the now legendary art movement "Cinema Novo", yet for some unknown reason this film is seldom talked about or remembered. A fact that does not diminish its astounding quality, easily on-par with the titles mentioned above.9/10