Beyond Fordlandia
(2017)
January 1, 2017
(BR)
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Documentary, History
• 82m
Overview
An environmental account of Henry Ford’s Amazon experience decades after its failure. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the Ford Motor Company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the Tapajós River, a primary tributary of the Amazon. This film addresses the recent transition from failed rubber to successful soybean cultivation for export, and its implication for land usage.
Keywords
capitalism
amazon rainforest
environmental destruction
industrialisation
automotive industry
rubber
brazilian history
brazilian indian
industrial town
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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