The Charcoal People (2000)
• January 20th, 2000 • 1h 4min
Documentary
Overview
This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down the Amazon rainforest to create charcoal for pig iron production used primarily in the automobile industry. The film examines the children and elders and their daily lives and work as they burn timber in igloo-looking huts, their bodies charred gray for $2 a day, struggling to survive.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
![Pico Sacro [The Holy Mountain]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//hr3xO9cKU0oRw8lEa3lXGTOKFRA.jpg)
Pico Sacro [The Holy Mountain]
Released on: 2024-11-11
Documentary, Mystery
In a leafy forest, a Galician sovereign who longs to attain wisdom meets a sorcerer, who tells him: ...
Utan tvivel är man inte klok
Released on: 1995-10-13
Documentary
A Documentary about the Swedish Comedian Tage Danielsson. He was one member of the "Hasse & Tage" d...
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Released on: 2025-09-26
Documentary
A wild journey into the origins of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the biggest cult film of all time,...
The Salt Mines
Released on: 1990-10-01
Documentary
Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived o...
The Apocalypse of the Animals
Released on: 1973-06-05
Documentary
A documentary about the life of wild animals.
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
Released on: 2019-12-16
Documentary, Music
Focused on the life of the band and their collaborators over the 3 vital years in which they develop...
Live and Let Live
Released on: 2013-11-03
Documentary
Live and Let Live is a feature documentary examining our relationship with animals, the history of v...
Koyaanisqatsi
Released on: 1983-04-27
Documentary, Music
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...
Federer: Twelve Final Days
Released on: 2024-06-13
Documentary
Originally a home video never intended for public viewing, this film captures the final chapter in R...
An Inconvenient Truth
Released on: 2006-05-24
Documentary
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...
March of the Penguins
Released on: 2005-01-26
Documentary, Family
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Released on: 2004-12-08
Documentary
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta...
Leaders of Madison’s Black Renaissance
Released on: 2022-04-16
Documentary, History
Despite Blacks making up only 7% of Madison WI's population, they are leading in so many important a...
Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
Released on: 2012-03-24
Documentary
As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support thirty million peop...
In a Land of Plenty
Released on: 2002-07-12
Documentary
The story of unemployment in New Zealand and In A Land of Plenty is an exploration of just that; it ...
A Farra do Circo
Released on: 2013-11-30
Documentary
This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' perf...
Stripper
Released on: 1985-10-21
Documentary
A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own...
The Greatest Night in Pop
Released on: 2024-01-19
Documentary, Music
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This docume...
Bigger Than Us
Released on: 2021-09-22
Documentary
For six years, Melati, 18, has been fighting the plastic pollution that is ravaging her country, Ind...