A Matadeira

A Matadeira 1994 Directed by Jorge Furtado

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.

Country Brazil

Production Country Brazil

Language Portuguese

Spoken Languages English , Portuguese

Gneres Documentary , History , War

Production Company Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

Release Date 2 January 1994

16 mins