International Documentary
The Middle Passage and Black Latin America
The Middle Passage and Black Latin America is a documentary on the history of the Transatlantic Slave trade, how it was started, developed, and the importance of the Spanish Empire to the trade. In this video, we cover the Asiento Charter, the Encomienda System of forced slavery upon Indigenous peoples, the role of Charles V as King of Spain, and the opening of the Atlantic Slave trade on a massive scale.
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Salvador Bahia Brazil - The Documentary
An account of the specific cultural forms by which the Baiano people of Salvador, Brazil communicate, perpetuate, and develop their attitudes toward life.
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Maroons - The Great Palmares
Set in 17th Century Brazil at the beginning of the slave trade, Maroons chronicles the rise and fall of the Quilombos of Palmares when a group of escaped slave settlements develop into a functioning sovereignty and fend off attacks by the Portuguese and Dutch for 93 years led by their greatest leader and war chief Zumbi dos Palmares. This is part one of a two-part docuseries focusing on maroon settlements.
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