Benjamin Abrahão Botto

[2] Abahão was the secretary of Padre Cícero and met the cangaceiro Lampião in 1926 when he went to Juazeiro do Norte to ask for the priest's blessing and seek the rank of Captain, for helping the government in the pursuit of the Coluna Prestes.

After the death of Padre Cícero, Abrahão asked and received permission from the infamous Lampião to follow his group in the Caatinga and take the photos that in the future would immortalize them.

For that he had the help of cearense Ademar Bezerra de Albuquerque, owner of ABAFILM, lent him the equipment and taught him to use it.

The meeting occurred in an isolated place of the Brazilian Caatinga, where the cangaceiro leader, very suspicious of the man's intentions, he did the first recordings with the photographic equipment himself.

Some started considering Abrahão a suspect because he sent pictures and articles to newspapers describing their adventures, but also for his knowledge of the whereabouts of the group.

[2] On April 7, 1937, newspapers transcribed the order from the director of the national Department of Press and Propaganda (Departamento de Imprensa e Propaganda-DIP) that determined the seizure of the movie "Lampião".

Came to the knowledge of the National Department of Press and Propaganda that is being announced or exhibited in the capital or in the cities of your state, a movie about Lampião, the property of "Aba Filmes" located in the street Major Facundo.