ID #:
511
Film Type:
documentary
Release Date:
2001
Color or BW:
N/A
Description:
This human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction. It takes the plight of impoverished migrant workers who make their living by chopping down the Amazon rainforest. Their job is to create charcoals for pig iron production used primarily in the automobile industry in the developed world. The film examines their daily lives as they work.
Keywords:
20th century, Amazon Rainforest, environmental history, inudustrialization