Memória do Cangaço (1964)

Memória do Cangaço

1964

Documentary

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".

Credits

Director

Paulo Gil Soares

Cast

Ângelo Roque da Costa as Self

Benício Alves dos Santos as Self

Dadá as Self

Paulo Gil Soares as Narrator

Zé Rufino as Self

Crew

Therezinha Muniz (Assistant Director)

Affonso Beato (Director of Photography)