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Brazil's women warriors / filmed, directed, & edited by Paul Redman ; producer, Tim Lewis ; Handcrafted Films.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- If not us then who? ; film 6
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--Brazil--Social conditions.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Palm oil industry--Brazil.
- Palm oil industry.
- Babassu products industry--Brazil.
- Babassu products industry.
- Women agricultural laborers--Brazil--Social conditions.
- Women agricultural laborers.
- Women's rights--Brazil.
- Women's rights.
- Amazon River Region--Social conditions.
- Amazon River Region.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (8 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Vancouver, British Columbia] : [Global Environmental Justice Documentaries Project], [2014]
- Language Note:
- In Portuguese with English subtitles; closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- 400,000 women harvest the nuts of the babassu palm, which is used to produce soap, oil, bread, charcoal,and cosmetics, providing them a modest living. When access to the trees was denied, a movement began.
- Credits:
- Music, Jayme with Jon Walker.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 14, 2022).
- Publisher Number:
- gj-040f Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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