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Beyond Fordlândia / escrito, produzido e dirigido, Marcos Colón = written, produced and directed, Marcos Colón.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
- Ford, Henry.
- Ford Motor Company.
- Rubber plantations--Environmental aspects--Brazil--Tapajós River Valley.
- Rubber plantations.
- Soybean industry--Environmental aspects--Amazon River Region.
- Soybean industry.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (67 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Privately published, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- An environmental account ninety years on from Henry Ford's failure in the Amazon that left ravaged lands and a ghost town of shattered dreams. In 1927, the Ford Motor Company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the Tapajós River, a primary tributary of the Amazon, yet despite Ford's pioneering spirit, the project was doomed to failure and provides a cautionary tale of senseless exploitation. The film draws parallels with the Ford era as it addresses the recent transition from failed rubber to successful soybean cultivation for export, highlighting the heartbreaking implications for the Amazonian land and its people.
- Participant:
- Narration, David Hildner.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed August 22, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1397450419
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