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Examines the ways young street traders, or ‘street kids’, in Recife, north-east Brazil, do their sums. Often these children have had very little schooling and art not proficient in traditional...
The story of Brazil’s greatest living explorers, Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas, now both in their 70s, who retrace their 1943 expedition into a then unexplored region of the southern Amazon. Their...
Presents two contrasting views on the significance of the context of learning: 1) a case study of the way Brazilian street children acquire mathematical skills without going to school. Context is...
Looks at the role of the EEC, the World Bank, and multinational mining companies in the destruction of the Amazon forest and how it is related to Brazil’s national debt? Filmed over four years at Sossego,...
Shows Regina Gordilho’s campaign for justice in Brazil following the killing of her son Marcellus after his arrest by the police. Regina’s determination contributed to the five officers involved being...
Chico Mendes, president of the Rural Workers’ Trade Union of Xapuri in the western Amazon and member of the National Council of Rubber Tappers, was widely known for his work in defence of the environment....
1: Studies the high level of hunger and malnutrition in Sudan. 2: Looks at the relationship between the Western farmer and the peasants of the Third World and examines how decisions made in the US and Europe...
Documents the effects of World Bank-funded projects on the environment and tribal peoples worldwide. These projects include the Poloroeste project in South America (building a road through a Brazilian rain...
Looks at Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo to find out how rapid industrialisation has affected Brazilian society. Discusses the social and spatial impact of industrialisation, the role of women in the economy,...
An account of the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest in Brazil. The destruction of the world’s tropical forests is the greatest single threat to the stability of environmental systems on our planet....
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