Dr. Gama
(2021)
★ 8 IMDb · 16 votes
Year: 2021
Runtime: 92 мин
Country: Brazil
Director: Jeferson De
Cast: César Mello, Angelo Fernandes, Pedro Guilherme, Mariana Nunes, Samira Carvalho, Изабель Зуа, Romeu Evaristo, Teka Romualdo, Higor Campagnaro, Джонни Массаро
Plot
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.