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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Zazen Produções
Keywords
- iron
- melancholy
- amazon rainforest
- automobile industry
- poverty
- ecology
- environment
- child labor
- burlesque
- nostalgic
- environmental destruction
- migrant worker
- hopeless
- zealous
- philosophical
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Top Crew
Nigel Noble · Director
Marcos Prado · Writer
José Padilha · Writer
Flávio Zangrandi · Cinematographer
Ann Collins · Editor
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