Raoni (1978)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux / Luiz Carlos Saldanha
Sub-Genres - Social Issues, Biography, Environmental Science |
Run Time - 84 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Rovi
This documentary profiles the indigenous people of the Megkronoti tribe who are being threatened with cultural extinction due to deforestation projects. Their chief and spokesman Raoni has brought international recognition to the problems of governmental policies concerning destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest.
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Keywords
anthropology, ecology, forest, human-rights, native, Native-American, rainforest, struggle, tribe, wilderness, Amazon
