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Beyond Fordlandia

Directed By
Marcos Colón
Produced By
Past Presentation
Cinema Verde
2018
Beyond Fordlandia
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Beyond Fordlandia
82
Minutes
Minute
Culture
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Agriculture
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Indigenous
United States
2017

Beyond Fordlandia (USA, 82 min) Directed by Marcos Colón. An account of Henry Ford’s Amazon experience 90 years after its failure. The story begins in 1927, when the Ford Motor Co. attempted to establish rubber plantations on the Tapajós River, a tributary of the Amazon. The indigenous peoples successfully transition from failed rubber to successful soybean cultivation for export.

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