The Charcoal People (2000)
01/20/2000 (BR) • 1h 4m
Overview
This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down the Amazon rainforest to create charcoal for pig iron production used primarily in the automobile industry. The film examines the children and elders and their daily lives and work as they burn timber in igloo-looking huts, their bodies charred gray for $2 a day, struggling to survive.
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Status
Released
Original Language
Portuguese
Budget
-
Revenue
-
Keywords
iron
melancholy
amazon rainforest
automobile industry
poverty
ecology
environment
child labor
burlesque
nostalgic
environmental destruction
migrant worker
hopeless
zealous
philosophical
complex
clinical
wistful
critical
ambivalent
baffled
bewildered
bold
celebratory
complicated
cruel
familiar
ghoulish
gloomy
melodramatic
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