I chose to watch the movie Quilombo by Carlos Diegues which is Brazilian movie and the film’s theme is the Black resistance to White oppression during slavery. The film Quilombo begins with Ganga Zumba’s flight from slavery into the mountains of Pernambuco in Northeastern Brazil, where he finds refuge and later a place as King of Palmares. Zumbi was born in Palmares during Ganga Zumba’s rule but was later taken captive and raised by a Portuguese priest. As an adult, Zumbi escapes his master and returns to Quilombo dos Palmares to become its final ruler.
In Quilombo, Ganga Zumba has three wives who each represent Afro-Brazilian religious figures: a young Mulata named Iansã, a White Dutch prostitute (Oba) and a Black Brazilian (Dandara).