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THE KILLING OF CHICO MENDES

55 minutes

Subtitle: THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION series

4 video programs on 5 cassettes 55 minutes per cassette Grades 9-
Adult

Produced by Adrian Cowell

The series concludes with the story of Chico Mendes whose
brutal murder on December 22, 1988, provoked international protest
and brought worldwide attention to the problem of Amazonian
deforestation. The film follows his rise to prominence as the
leader of the rubber-tappers, or seringueiros. The seringueiros
have lived in the rainforest for over 100 years, susbsisting by
tapping native rubber, collecting Brazil nuts, and other
ecologically sustainable activites. Seeing their way of life
threatened, Mr. Mendes formed the seringueiros into a union and
led the fight to halt the devastation of the rainforest and to
create protected areas, called "extractive reserves," to be
managed by local seringueiros communities. As a result of Chico's
activism 12 extractive reserves, totalling more than 5 million
acres, are being created in the most hopeful development to have
come out of Amazonia during the 1980 's.

Awards: Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival;
American Film & Video Festival

• "Stands very well on its own... a competent overview of the
  social and political issues surrounding the saving of the
  rainforest... It is well worth the price for public and all high
  school and college library collections." **** Video Rating Guide
  for Libraries
  

Subject Areas: RAINFORESTS, DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT,
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, HISTORY, CURRENT AFFAIRS, LATIN AMERICA,
BRAZIL, AMAZON, HUMAN RIGHTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ISBN: 1-56029-034-X

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