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Quilombo country
Title
Quilombo country [videorecording] / a film by Leonard Abrams.
Published
[New York] : Moving Eye Productions, 2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Written, directed, photographed, and edited by Leonard Abrams.
English narration with interviews in Portuguese, subtitled in English.
Summary
Provides a portrait of rural communities in Brazil that were either founded by runaway slaves or began from abandoned plantations. This type of community is known as a "Quilombo", from an Angolan word that means "encampment." As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today.
Variant and related titles
Subtitle on container: Afrobrazilian villages in the 21st century
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 16, 2006
System details note
DVD format.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Also listed under
Moving Eye Productions.
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