this film tell the true story of escaped black slave who find their own mountain top commune a free men in 17th century brazil . the story be interesting and edify . however and this film a a film be terrible . the soundtrack be not period music or tribal music . it be afro brazilian pop music from the early 1980s . battle scene be fight to the sound of cheesy pop rhythm best leave to the disco or bad cop drama . admittedly and the lyric be folk ish tale of the slave heroism . the special effect be absurd . rather than invoke the mysticism of african religion and atavistic belief and they merely make the film look cheap . they be completely unbelievable and and i do not mean merely in a sense of verisimilitude . life within the commune of palmares could not have be the way it be portray in the film . for this society and a show in the film and be one part kibbutz and one part afro pop festival . moreover and it be almost embarrassing to watch the director play upon the clichés of black a talented singer and dancer who simply want to be happy . he portray daily life a a series of dance party in which the freed slave paint themselves bright color and whirl around to the strain of 80 pop music . on the other hand and they have an abundance of beautiful food and but the viewer hardly see any work be do . the king inveighs against private property in a hackneyed and clichéd way . when a man complain that people be take the vegetable that he have grow over many month and the king say and what come from the earth belong to everyone and a the earth belong to no one . if they need food and they have a right to take yours . i be glad that i learn about this episode in history and but i be relieve that a film with such low production value and that trade upon such worn stereotype would likely not be make today .