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Xica da Silva / produção Distrifilmes e Embrafilme ; roteiro, Carlos Diegues e Joao Felicio dos Santos ; produtor, Jarbas Barbosa ; direção, Carlos Diegues.
LIBRA VHS PN1995.9.S557 X53 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Great directors (New Yorker Video (Firm))
- Great directors
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Silva, Chica da, approximately 1732-1796.
- Silva, Chica da.
- Slave trade.
- History.
- Brazil--History--18th century--Drama.
- Brazil.
- Slave trade--Brazil--Drama.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Brazilian.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (109 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on cassette and containter: Xica
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : New Yorker Video, [1993]
- Language Note:
- In Portuguese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- The story of the legendary Black Slave Xica da Silva. During an 18th century diamond rush, Brazil's interior becomes a scene of wealth and excess where Xica rises in power to become the unofficial Empress of Brazil, vividly fusing European and African culture.
- Participant:
- Zézé Motta, Walmor Chagas, Altair Lima, Elke Maravilha, Stepan Nercessian, Rodolfo Arena, José Wilker.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Jose Medeiros ; choreographer, Marlene Silva ; music, Roberto Menescal and Jorge Ben.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herbert Arnold Speiser Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1567300642
- OCLC:
- 29967375
- Publisher Number:
- 717119418335
- NYV41893 New Yorker Video
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