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Released
1994 · FILM

The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story

Runtime
123 min
DramaTV Movie

Synopsis

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land, the film portrays the struggle of a community resisting environmental destruction. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder.

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Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Paul RubellShot by John R LeonettiScored by Gary ChangDesigned by Michael Z Hanan

Also known as

  • Flammen des Widerstandesde
  • Il fuoco della resistenza - La vera storia di Chico Mendesit

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