Documentary · Brazil · 1964 · 32m

Memória do Cangaço

Memória do Cangaço poster
Director
Paulo Gil Soares
Cast
Paulo Gil Soares as Narrator Zé Rufino as Self Benício Alves dos Santos as Self Ângelo Roque da Costa as Self Dadá as Self
Crew
Affonso Beato — Director of Photography João Ramiro Mello — Editor Thomaz Farkas — Producer
Synopsis

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".

Key Collaborators
Paulo Gil Soares Director Affonso Beato Director of Photography João Ramiro Mello Editor Thomaz Farkas Producer
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