Donkey without a tail / directed by Sergio Bloch.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Bloch, Sérgio.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse collectors--Brazil.

Refuse collectors.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 min.).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2006.

Language Note:

In Portuguese.

Summary:

Trash collecting may sound dismal, but in this film, shot in Rio de Janeiro, the people featured are undaunted, and proud of their survival skills. They make their living picking through trash in search of recyclable material and are popularly known as donkeys without a tail. This occupation traces its roots to the job of garrafeiro, or "bottle collector." Portuguese immigrants to Brazil made their living pushing wooden carts down the street to collect bottles (thus their nickname bears the allusion to pack animals.) The early immigrants sold only bottles and other containers that could be re-used. Today trash collectors work with a wide variety of materials; plastics, glass, iron, copper, paper, and cardboard. By following the daily route of five of these energetic collectors we come into contact with one aspect of urban life in Brazil.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

Recorded Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 0000.

Director's Citation, Black Maria Film Festival, 2006

OCLC:

747796338