by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
The uncommonly sexy, clever and ambitious slave Xica Da Silva won her independence and much more in mid-19th-century Brazil by using her feminine wiles and her lovemaking prowess to induce the Portuguese town governor to grant her freedom. In so doing, she became a legend and an inspiration to Brazil's large population of slaves and (eventually) ex-slaves. This film tells her story.
characteristics
- Slave
- Black [race]
- Upward-mobility
- Sex
- Seductress
- Seduction
- Streetwalker
- Whore
- Social Injustice
- Rise To Power
- Courtesan
- Call-girl
- Greed
- Hooker
- Rags To Riches
