Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a Black man who used laws and courts to free more than five hundred enslaved people. Born free, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of ten to pay his father's gambling debts. Despite enslavement, he became literate, studied and sued for his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time and an abolitionist who inspired an entire country.
- Year2021
- Runtime92 minutes
- LanguagePortuguese
- CountryBrazil
- PremiereWest Coast
- DirectorJeferson De
- ScreenwriterLuiz Antônio
- ProducerPedro Betti, Heitor Dhalia, Egisto Betti, Manoel Rangel
- Executive ProducerJoelma Gonzaga
- Co-ProducerCristiane Arenas
- CastPedro Guilherme, Angelo Fernandes, César Mello, Isabél Zuaa, Romeu Evaristo, Teka Romualdo, Johnny Massaro, Samira Carvalho, Mariana Nunes, Higor Campagnaro, Daniel Rocha, Erom Cordeiro, Agyei Augusto, Dani Ornellas, Alan Rocha, Sidney Santiago, Zezé Motta, Noemia Oliveira, Fernanda Ross, Nelson Baskerville, Paula Picarelli, Joca Andreazza, Régius Brandão, Clara Choveaux
- CinematographerCris Conceição
- EditorJeferson De
- Production DesignThales Junqueira
- Sound DesignMarcos Menna, Pedro Moreira
Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a Black man who used laws and courts to free more than five hundred enslaved people. Born free, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of ten to pay his father's gambling debts. Despite enslavement, he became literate, studied and sued for his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time and an abolitionist who inspired an entire country.
- Year2021
- Runtime92 minutes
- LanguagePortuguese
- CountryBrazil
- PremiereWest Coast
- DirectorJeferson De
- ScreenwriterLuiz Antônio
- ProducerPedro Betti, Heitor Dhalia, Egisto Betti, Manoel Rangel
- Executive ProducerJoelma Gonzaga
- Co-ProducerCristiane Arenas
- CastPedro Guilherme, Angelo Fernandes, César Mello, Isabél Zuaa, Romeu Evaristo, Teka Romualdo, Johnny Massaro, Samira Carvalho, Mariana Nunes, Higor Campagnaro, Daniel Rocha, Erom Cordeiro, Agyei Augusto, Dani Ornellas, Alan Rocha, Sidney Santiago, Zezé Motta, Noemia Oliveira, Fernanda Ross, Nelson Baskerville, Paula Picarelli, Joca Andreazza, Régius Brandão, Clara Choveaux
- CinematographerCris Conceição
- EditorJeferson De
- Production DesignThales Junqueira
- Sound DesignMarcos Menna, Pedro Moreira
