STRONG ROOTS
Price: $265.00 Code: 2016 |
Directed by Maria Luisa Mendonça
2001, 41 mins.
Purchase: $265 | Classroom Rental: $50
This video documents the struggles of peasants in the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Brazil, which is engaged in a national political campaign to occupy and cultivate unused land. Interviews with several individuals and families are blended with remarkable footage of a mass occupation of unused farmland and subsequent violent confrontations with Brazilian police, vividly illustrating the nature of Brazilian peasants' struggle not only for a piece of land to farm but also for a sense of dignity and justice in their lives.
2001, 41 mins.
Purchase: $265 | Classroom Rental: $50
This video documents the struggles of peasants in the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Brazil, which is engaged in a national political campaign to occupy and cultivate unused land. Interviews with several individuals and families are blended with remarkable footage of a mass occupation of unused farmland and subsequent violent confrontations with Brazilian police, vividly illustrating the nature of Brazilian peasants' struggle not only for a piece of land to farm but also for a sense of dignity and justice in their lives.