Ganga Zumba

January. 20,1972

Rating：

6.6

Genre：

Drama History

Keywords：

Slavery Freedom Colonialism

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Antônio Pitanga as Ganga Zumba / Antão

Léa Garcia as Cipriana

Eliezer Gomes as Anoroba

Luiza Maranhão as Dandara

Jorge Coutinho as

Zózimo Bulbul as

Cartola as Salustiano

Procópio Mariano as

Waldir Onofre as

Ruy Polanah as

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Reviews

Raetsonwe

1972/01/20

Redundant and unnecessary.

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Pluskylang

1972/01/21

Great Film overall

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Abbigail Bush

1972/01/22

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Deanna

1972/01/23

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Anakitsuke Hidetora

1972/01/24

"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

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