FILM SCREENINGS

Xica da Silva

1976. Brazil. Directed by Carlos Diegues. With Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas, Altair Lima. A romanticized retelling of the true story of Xica da Silva, an eighteenth-century African slave in the state of Minas Gerais, who became the lover of the Portuguese royal agent in possession of the region’s exclusive diamond-mining contract. Restored print courtesy of Cinemateca Brasileira, São Paulo. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 107 min.