Memória do Cangaço
★ 9 · 1964 · 32m · Documentary
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".
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