
The Charcoal People
Genres
Overview
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
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
64 min
Release Date
2000-01-20
Status
Released
Original Language
Portuguese
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
7.7
0.0
It Started with Trees – Revolt in the Gezi Park
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9.0
TMZ Presents | Famous & Naked
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2024-06-23 | en
0.0
Public Enemy: A Greek Tragedy
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7.5
Fala Tu: Lives of Rhyme
Documentary about three people living in the North part of Rio de Janeiro, in poor neighborhoods: their lives, dreams and intimacy. They don’t know each other, but have one thing in common: they’re rappers, and dream of becoming professional musicians.
2003-07-10 | pt
0.0
Two Sisters
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2002-01-01 | fr
8.0
The Harvest (La Cosecha)
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2011-07-29 | en
0.0
Rothenthurm
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10.0
Documentary: Moving
2023-04-02 | cs
10.0
Unraveled: The Kaitlyn Howard Story
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2025-04-18 | en
6.0
One Peace at a Time
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2009-04-14 | en
9.0
Pico Sacro [The Holy Mountain]
In a leafy forest, a Galician sovereign who longs to attain wisdom meets a sorcerer, who tells him: “Go back to your country and study the Earth and the Stars in the sky; anywhere in the world reflects an image of it. You will ride on this arrow, which you must keep for a hundred years and a day. After this time, stick it in the widest valley of all those you possess, with the tip facing the sky. Then the Moon will come and, just as it exerts its action on the waters of the sea, it will act on the arrow, turning it into a holy mountain." - Legend about the Pico Sacro Inspired by Hokusai's views of Mount Fuji and Cézanne's paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire, "Pico Sacro [The Holy Mountain]" aims to reveal the mystery and the magic that underlie reality.
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8.5
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2022-11-12 | fr
6.8
Kangaroo Valley
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2022-12-14 | en
6.6
Down and Out in America
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1986-12-01 | en
1.0
Nuyorican Dream
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0.0
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2012-08-24 | en
0.0
Threatened: The Controversial Struggle of the Southern Sea Otter
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2013-04-05 | en
5.0
The Labyrinth
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0.0
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0.0
T-rail
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