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The Charcoal People


Movie


Geners : Documentary

Rate : imdb 7.7/10

Status : Released

Language : Português pt

Country : Brazil

Release :2000-01-20

RunTime :64 mins

Story :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.

Cast

posterMarcos PradoWriter
posterNigel NobleDirector
posterJosé PadilhaWriter
posterJosé PadilhaProducer
posterFlávio ZangrandiDirector of Photography
posterPeter MillerSound
posterMarcos PradoCo-Producer
posterAnn CollinsEditor
posterJoão NabucoMusic