MOSTRA Brazilian Film Series in Chicago
November 6, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
Latino Cultural Center Lecture Center B2
Calendar
Download iCal FilePresented by the UIC Latino Cultural Center and the Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) Program
The largest open-air gold mine in the world, Serra Pelada, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, has spawned its share of legends. In the 1980s, 115,000 men from all over the Brazil, would extract 100 tons of gold from the mountain, transforming it - in a short decade - into a giant, water filled crater surrounded by misery. This documentary raises questions about the mountain's rise and fall, and its relation to the political transformations of the country
Screen followed by discussion with Rodrigo Letier, Serra Pelada producer, facilitated by Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky, LALS.
Date posted
Aug 13, 2018
Date updated
Aug 13, 2018