Feminino Cangaço

A Mulher no Cangaço

Documentary--with reconstituted scenes and interviews--about some of the more than 50 women who were in Cangaço, a phenomenon of social banditry from the Northeastern region of Brazil in the early 20th century.

Deu a Louca no Cangaço

Chega de Cangaço

Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço

Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.

Death Commands Brigandage

A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.

iconografia do cangaço

Video recordings of Brazil's most famous bandit, Lampião. Images that were censored in the 1930, but recovered in 2002 and newly edited by Ricardo Alburquerque.

As Mulheres no Cangaço

Lampião, King of the Badlands

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 19

Memória do Cangaço

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 m

Entre o Amor e o Cangaço

Joviano is about to get married, but he has to give up his marriage to avenge the death of his father, murdered by Colonel Eufrásio. The colonel wanted to force Joviano's father to sell his lands, and started a bloody ba

A Musa do Cangaço

Dadá, Corisco's partner, talks about her experience among the cangaceiros of Lampião, highlighting their form of organization as a group, their habits and behaviors, in addition to the struggle for survival, codes of hon

O Cangaço Vive!

A Estética do Cangaço

Lampião, o Rei do Cangaço

Scenes from the daily life of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva—the cangaceiro leader Lampião—and his group, captured by cinematographer Benjamin Abrahão. Their survival strategies in the sertão landscape, their gestures, habi

Zé de Julião, Muito Além do Cangaço

Lampião - Os Últimos Dias do Rei do Cangaço

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