Release Date
2017-01-01
Status
Released
Original Title
Beyond Fordlândia
Runtime
1h 22m
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
Brazil
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.
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