
Memória do Cangaço
Documentary
10.0
Release Date
September 25, 1964
Duration
32 min
Status
Released
Language
pt
Overview
The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an Arab peddler who managed to film the famous band of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the "Lampião".