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Mountains of gold / Bullfrog Films presents ; directed by Adrian Cowell ; written by Adrian Cowell, Michael Kirk ; produced by Roger James ; a coproduction of Central Independent Television, Universidade Católica de Goiás, and WGBH/Boston for Frontline.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Decade of destruction ; episode 3.
- Decade of destruction ; episode 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gold mines and mining--Environmental aspects--Amazon River Region.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Prospecting--Amazon River Region.
- Prospecting.
- Environmental degradation--Amazon River Region.
- Environmental degradation.
- Environmental conditions.
- Gold mines and mining--Environmental aspects.
- Amazon River Region.
- Human ecology--Amazon River Region.
- Human ecology.
- Amazon River Region--Environmental conditions.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Environmental television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (54 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, PA] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This episode focuses on Jova, who is famous among his colleagues for his illegal gold strikes, as he plays hide and seek with the security forces of Brazil's largest mining multi-national. Mining's long range impact on the rainforest is likely to be the center of future controversy in the Amazon.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Will Lyman.
- Credits:
- Camera, Vicente Rios ; editor, Jim Astrausky.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- "A Frontline special ; a series by Adrian Cowell."
- Originally produced by: Central Independent Television, 1990.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 28, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-mog Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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