2021
8.0 (14 votes)
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
History
Production Companies
Globo Filmes
Paranoid
Buda Filmes
Paranoid
Buda Filmes
Dr. Gama (Doutor Gama)
Overview
Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a black man who used the laws and courts to free more than 500 slaves. Born of a free womb, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of 10 to pay off his father's gambling debts. Even as a slave, he became literate, studied and earned his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. An abolitionist and republican who inspired an entire country.
Key Crew
Director: Jeferson De
Screenplay: Luiz Antônio
Producer: Pedro Betti, Heitor Dhalia, Egisto Betti, Manoel Rangel, Carlos Diegues, Cristiane Arenas
Director of Photography: Cristiano Conceição
