A Matadeira

A Matadeira

0h 16m 1994 Documentary, War, History Brazil
Budget: - Revenue: -

Canudos was a small village in northeastern Brazil, founded by the messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and massacred by a powerful army until the death of the last of its 30,000 inhabitants, on October 5, 1897. The film tells the story of the Canudos massacre from an English cannon, nicknamed by the backlands people "A Matadeira", which was transported by twenty teams of oxen through the backlands to fire a single shot.

Director

Jorge Furtado

Writer

Jorge Furtado