This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down the Amazon rainforest to create charcoal for pig iron production used primarily in the automobile industry. The film examines the children and elders and their daily lives and work as they burn timber in igloo-looking huts, their bodies charred gray for $2 a day, struggling to survive.
The Charcoal People has generally received positive reviews.
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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 14 Feb 2007
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The Charcoal People was released in 2000 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving The Charcoal People (2000) an average rating of 65%.
With a score of 65%, The Charcoal People is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2000, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2000 with similar scores include films like The Family Man, Joseph: King of Dreams and The Gift.
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