A highly informative short documentary on a Quilombo located in Brazil's capital that managed to keep their traditions ever since slavery, planting
their seeds and developing a sustainable way of life to their community. Through voice-overs by the locals, they talk about their past, how they make everything
possible in those small farms and plantations, their parties and traditions, and they even discuss about important figures of the place who helped turn the place
in a better place.
They also faced major problems due to the state/federal
governments don't include them as people just like the other population of the state, and this is noted when the locals complain that they don't have access to
a better education for their children since schools stop at a certain age, so most of the kids will eventually have to follow in their parents footsteps and take
care of the place.
While the majority of the information presented shows exactly the culture of this black community, in a very detailed and quiet manner, the experience of
watching gets a little weary until we reach a predictable end of things and the sad reality that was on-going at the time - when "progress" come along with
the housing market speculation and new constructions are about to put those simple, honest folks out of their homes and way of living. Pity that the film doesn't
move beyond a small explanation of such thing happening in the area and we never get to see what happened to the quilombo - probably burned down to the ground and non-existing as
some close-minded people do believe those areas musn't exist - like the indigenous land as well, both matter of heritage and right to the land after centuries of
exploitation.
For those who know little about the topic or are curious in seeing the rural area of Goiânia on the mid-1970's this is quite interesting and compelling to watch. 6/10.