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201890 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Deforestation Environmental Crime

Tie

201890 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Days before his assassination, Chico Mendes urges farm workers to reconsider their actions, warning that their livelihoods depend on the Amazon rainforest's survival.

Deforestation Environmental Crime

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Directors

Sérgio de Carvalho,

Beth Formaggini

Synopsis

Days before his assassination, Chico Mendes urges farm workers to reconsider their actions, warning that their livelihoods depend on the Amazon rainforest's survival.

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Sérgio de Carvalhodirector

Beth Formaggini

Beth Formagginidirector

Beth Formaggini

Beth Formagginiwriter

Sérgio de Carvalhowriter

Léo Bortolincast

Synopsis

Chico Mendes stands at the forefront of the rubber tapper movement in Acre, Brazil, during the 1970s and 1980s. He advocates for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest, warning farm workers and gunmen that their futures are intertwined and threatened by deforestation. Mendes delivers a passionate address just days before his assassination, urging workers to reconsider their actions that jeopardize their livelihoods. The documentary captures the struggle of rubber tappers fighting to protect their land and community against environmental destruction.

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