Doutor Gama
director:
Jeferson De
playwright:
Luiz Antônio
actor:
César Mello
/
Angelo Fernandes
/
Pedro Guilherme
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Mariana Nunes
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Samira Carvalho
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genre:
Drama
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History
region:
Brazil
language:
Portuguese
length: 1h 32m
release date: 2021
IMDb: tt9815156
Doutor Gama
Overview
'Doutor Gama' is based on the life of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history. A black man who used the law and the courts to free over 500 slaves. Born a free man, Gama was sold as a slave at the age of 10 as payment for his father's debts. Even as a slave, he learned to read and write, studied and then gained his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. He was an abolitionist and a republican who inspired an entire nation