
Overview
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.
Actor | Age then | Age now | |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 44 | 48 | |
![]() | - | - | |
![]() | - | - | |
![]() | 40 | 44 | |
![]() | - | - | |
![]() | 34 | 38 | |
![]() | 65 | 69 | |
![]() | 59 | 63 | |
![]() | 37 | 41 | |
![]() | 29 | 33 |