Black Goddess (1978)

Original title

A Deusa Negra

Directed by

Ola Balogun

Genre

drama, romance, fantasy, music

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A love story from the 1700s is reenacted in the 1970s. A filmmaker travels to Brazil to make a movie about a tragic romance from the era of slavery.

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What happens

Black Goddess (Portuguese: A Deusa Negra) is a 1978 Nigerian-Brazilian film written and directed by Ola Balogun. It stars a largely Brazilian cast that include Sonya Santos, Zózimo Bulbul, Léa Garcia, and Jorge Coutinho. The film is set in both the eighteenth century and the 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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