Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 20th, 2000
Original Language:Portuguese
Production Companies:Zazen Produções
The Charcoal People (2000)
Audience Score
DirectorNigel Noble
WritersJosé Padilha
Plot
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.
