My Response to Lauren's Blog: The Next Palmares?

I completely agree with you Lauren! What a great connection between Zapata and the Palmares! In both movies, people stand up to their oppressors. Slaves run away and form a fugitive slave community in Palmares. Peasants stand up and fight against rich planters and elites with Zapata as their leader. Even though many of the people living in Palmares are killed and Zapata is killed, their legacy lives on. They still bring hope to their followers. This makes it almost a happy ending which makes me almost happy.