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A Cabana do Pai Tomás (1969)

A Cabana do Pai Tomás poster
Directed by
Fábio Sabag
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 205 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series adapts the classic novel about an enslaved man and his struggles in the American South. It follows the lives of several characters connected to a plantation.

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What happens

A Cabana do Pai Tomás is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It is based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. It premiered on 7 July 1969 and ended on 28 February 1970, with a total of 205 episodes. It was the sixth "novela das sete" to be aired at the timeslot. It was created by Hedy Maia, Glória Magadan, Walther Negrão and directed by Fábio Sabag. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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