Dr. Gama (2021)

Name: Dr. Gama
Director: Jeferson De
Released: 2021-07-29
Rating: 8.031
Cast: César Mello, Angelo Fernandes, Pedro Guilherme, Mariana Nunes, Samira Carvalho

DramaHistory

92 min

Plot Summary

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.