Dr. Gama
Doutor Gama
Release: 2021-07-29
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 8.0
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
Brazil
Production Companies
Globo Filmes
Paranoid
Buda Filmes
Cast
Angelo Fernandes
as Luiz Gama (jovem)
Mariana Nunes
as Claudina (adulta)
Teka Romualdo
as Ana
Higor Campagnaro
as Antonio (adulto)
Zezé Motta
as Francisca
Clara Choveaux
as Thereza
Samira Carvalho
as Claudina (jovem)
Isabél Zuaa
as Luiza Mahin
Daniel Rocha
as Pedro (jovem)
Noemia Oliveira
as Bárbara
Joca Andreazza
as Juiz Brito
César Mello
as Luiz Gama (adulto)
Erom Cordeiro
as Pedro (adulto)
Alan Rocha
as Francisco
Sidney Santiago
as José
Pedro Guilherme
as Luiz Gama (criança)
Romeu Evaristo
as Santos
Johnny Massaro
as Antonio (jovem)
Dani Ornellas
as Maria Julia
Nelson Baskerville
as Cardoso