The Charcoal People
Documentaryironmelancholyamazon rainforestautomobile industrypovertyecologyenvironmentchild laborburlesquenostalgicenvironmental destructionmigrant workerhopelesszealousphilosophicalcomplexclinicalwistfulcriticalambivalentbaffledbewilderedboldcelebratorycomplicatedcruelfamiliarghoulishgloomymelodramatic
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.
Year 2000
Studio Zazen Produções
Director Nigel Noble
Crew Marcos Prado (Writer), Nigel Noble (Director), José Padilha (Writer), José Padilha (Producer), Flávio Zangrandi (Director of Photography), Peter Miller (Sound)
Popularity 1
Language Português
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