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The Charcoal People

2000 • 1h4m Documentary

Rating

7.7/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Nigel Noble

Screenplay

Marcos Prado

José Padilha

Release date

1/20/2000

Status

Released

Origin country

BR

US

Vote count

6