The Memory Thread
Dec 31 1991
•2h 55m
•Documentary
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.
Cast
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Milton Gonçalves
Narrator
Ferreira Gullar
Narrator
Benedita da Silva
Herself
Aniceto do Império
Himself
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