The Charcoal People (2000)
Subtitles for: The Charcoal People (2000)
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.
| Rate | ★ 8/10 (7 votes) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Duration | 1h 4m |
| Country | Brazil |
| Release | 20 Jan 2000 |
| Language | PT |
| Director | Nigel Noble |
| Keywords | iron melancholy amazon rainforest automobile industry poverty ecology environment child labor burlesque nostalgic environmental destruction migrant worker hopeless zealous philosophical complex clinical wistful critical ambivalent |
| IMDb | tt0245034 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
