A Matadeira

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.

Average Score : 60

Status: Released

Release Date: 1994-01-02

Geners Documentary War History

Production Companies Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

Production Countries Brazil,

Run time: 16 minutes

Budget: --

Revenue: --