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
Isabél Zuaa
as Luiza Mahin
Teka Romualdo
as Ana
Alan Rocha
as Francisco
Sidney Santiago
as José
Dani Ornellas
as Maria Julia
César Mello
as Luiz Gama (adulto)
Angelo Fernandes
as Luiz Gama (jovem)
Samira Carvalho
as Claudina (jovem)
Erom Cordeiro
as Pedro (adulto)
Daniel Rocha
as Pedro (jovem)
Zezé Motta
as Francisca
Pedro Guilherme
as Luiz Gama (criança)
Johnny Massaro
as Antonio (jovem)
Noemia Oliveira
as Bárbara
Nelson Baskerville
as Cardoso
Joca Andreazza
as Juiz Brito
Clara Choveaux
as Thereza
Mariana Nunes
as Claudina (adulta)
Romeu Evaristo
as Santos
Higor Campagnaro
as Antonio (adulto)
