Brazilian Trilogy (3 Parts)

Synopsis: Series examining the political, economic and cultural problems facing the people of the Brazilian Amazon.
Series: Under the Sun, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 50 min.
Year of production: 1990
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 from 17 May 1990.
Subjects: Anthropology; Development studies
Keywords: Amazon river; Brazil; Kayapo; Mehinacu; Yanomami

Title: Feathered arrows
Synopsis: 1 (producer John-Paul Davidson): Looks at the Mehinaku people of the Xingu National Park in central Brazil, exploring some of the ways, often through myth and ritual, in which they deal with human aggression. The spectacle of rituals in which the tribes h
Title: After the gold rush
Synopsis: 2 (producer Philippa Walker): The story of the millions of white fortune-hunters who flooded into Amazonia in the 1970s. They came in response to government promises of land which were not kept, and many subsequently became gold prospectors. As the miners
Title: Fight for the forest
Synopsis: 3 (producer John-Paul Davidson): Follows pop star Sting, Trudie Styler, and Anita Roddick in their attempts to provide the Kayapo and the Yanomami Indians with adequate medical aid, land rights and fair prices for forest products.

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