The Charcoal People
2000 · 64 min · Documentary
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.
- Director
- Nigel Noble
- Writers
- Marcos Prado, José Padilha
- Released
- January 20, 2000
- Language
- Portuguese
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