 
PRICING / ORDER
To order this video select one choice below then click
"Add to Order"
(You can also use this process to generate an order form for faxing or mailing.)
Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
Fax: 610/370-1978
|
|
The Decade of Destruction (Series)
Mountains of Gold
Gold mining in the Amazon is a dangerous and dirty business.
54 minutes
DVD-R version available
Color
Grade Level: 9-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1990
Copyright Date: 1990
ISBN (VHS): 1-56029-032-3
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-333-1
Directed by Adrian Cowell
Produced by Adrian Cowell, Nomad Films Ltd
| |
|
Brazil has one of the world's largest untapped gold reserves and roughly 70% of its production is mined by freelance prospectors, or garimpeiros, who pan and dredge gold all over the forest on land licensed by the government to huge companies. The film follows Jova, a prospector famous among his colleagues for his illegal gold strikes, as he plays hide and seek with the security forces of Brazil's largest mining multinational. The main threat to the company, however, is the huge mine of Serra Pelada which is manually operated by garimpeiros.
Other titles in the series are:
In the Ashes of the Forest - Part 1 - Saga of two colonists in the Amazon.
In the Ashes of the Forest - Part 2 - Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.
Killing for Land - Land wars in the Amazon.
The Killing of Chico Mendes - The 1988 murder of Chico Mendes.
The DVD version of this program is recorded on DVD-R which is not compatible with some older DVD players. See the new DVD page for more details.
Study guide available
Awards:
**** Video Rating Guide for Libraries
Related Subjects:
Brazil
Developing World
Environment
Forests
Latin America
Mining
Rainforests
Related Titles:
Arrows Against the Wind: The Dani and the Asmat come face to face with the modern world in Irian Jaya.
The Price of Progress
Blowpipes and Bulldozers: The story of the Penan, a tribe of rainforest nomads in Borneo, as seen by Bruno Manser.
|
|
