Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1991-12-31

Languagept

Runtime1h 55m

Production

Cinefilmes

7.6(9)

•1991•1h 55m

The Memory Thread

Documentary

Overview

A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos.

Director

Eduardo Coutinho

Cinematography

Adrian Cooper

Principal Cast

8 credited

Milton GonçalvesNarrator - Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos

Ferreira GullarNarrator

Benedita da SilvaHerself

Carlos CachaçaSelf

Aniceto do ImpérioHimself

Bira PresidenteHimself

UbiranyHimself

Eduardo CoutinhoHimself (Voice)

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