Summary: The film presents an epic overview of the history of Senegal within the structure of a tale told by a griot with all of its musical and moral strengths intact.

Summary: A British agent, (Marlon Brando), is an agent provocateur sent to the island of Queimada to organize an uprising of black slaves to overthrow the Portuguese regime.

Summary: This riff on recent history offers a Grand Unified Theory of Conspiracies including Castro, Kennedy, the wolf man, killer bees, the Panama Canal, and the United Fruit Company.