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The Memory Thread

The Memory Thread (1991)

Documentary

Runtime: 115 minutes

Overview

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

Milton Gonçalves

Milton Gonçalves

Narrator

 Ferreira Gullar

Ferreira Gullar

Narrator
B

Benedita da Silva

Herself
A

Aniceto do Império

Himself
B

Bira Presidente

Himself
U

Ubirany

Himself

 Eduardo Coutinho

Eduardo Coutinho

Himself (Voice)
C

Carlos Cachaça

Himself