A Matadeira (1994)

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.

Released

1994-01-02

Genres

Documentary, War, History

Runtime

16 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jorge Furtado, Jorge Furtado

TMDB rating

8.0/10 from 2 votes