Brazil's land revolution / produced by Television Trust for the Environment ; series consultant, Jenny Richards ; directed by Christopher Walker ; series producer, Luke Gawin.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
Description
1 online resource (1 streaming video file (23 min.) ) digital, sound, color

Details

Subject(s)
Film director
Consultant
Film producer
Editor of moving image work
Translator
Narrator
Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Summary note
In Brazil, almost half of the agricultural land is owned by just one per cent of the population. The government estimates that land reform would benefit some 4.5 million families - both agricultural workers and city slum-dwellers. Although successive governments have backed the policy, political opposition has so far prevented any meaningful progress. Now Brazil's President, Luiz Ignazio Lula da Silva, has announced plans to resettle more than 100,000 landless families this year, and promised an extra US$500 million towards agrarian reform over the next two years. Life visits the Northeastern state of Bahia to report on an initiative, which encourages the landless to club together to buy up land, with low-interest government loans.
Notes
  • Title from title frames.
  • Originally produced in 2005.
  • Originally broadcast on the television program Lifeonline in 2004.
Target audience
7 and up.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Commentary, Sally Dunbar.
Other title(s)
Lifeonline (Television program)
Publisher no.
bf-l4braz
OCLC
987275434
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