Short film
A Mulher no Cangaço
1976 · 39 min
A sober, interview-driven historical portrait that mixes testimony with reenactments, feeling like a quiet act of remembrance for forgotten women.
- Directed by
- Hermano Penna
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Sérgio Chapelin, Sila, Dadá
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Violence, survival, gender, class
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Hermano Penna
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Sérgio Chapelin, Sila, Dadá
