Chico Rei

History, Drama

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Walter Lima Jr.

Status Released

Release Date 1985-01-20

Storyline

Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas Gerais, and buys his enfranchisement, the properties of his former owner, and his companions' freedom, becoming Chico Rei, the first black man to own lands in Brazil.