The Memory Thread
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.
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.
Milton Gonçalves
Narrator
Ferreira Gullar
Narrator
Benedita da Silva
Herself
Aniceto do Império
Himself
Bira Presidente
Himself
Ubirany
Himself
Eduardo Coutinho
Himself (Voice)
Carlos Cachaça
Himself
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.
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