Grazing the Amazon
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“How the Amazon becomes grass.”
There are 85 million cows in the Brazilian Amazon, which means three cows for each human dweller grazing today and area that was once forest. Less than fifty years ago, in the 1970s, the rainforest was intact. Since then, a portion the size of France has disappeared, 66% of which transformed into pastures. Much of this change is a consequence of government incentives that attracted thousands of farmers from southern lands. Cattle ranching became an economic and cultural banner of the Amazon, forging powerful politicians to defend it. In 2009, there was a game changer: the Public Prosecutor's Office sued large slaughterhouses, forcing them to supervise cattle supplying farms.
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Marcio Isensee e Sá Director · Juliana Tinoco Screenplay Fred Rahal Mauro Editor
United States release October 27, 2019 · Produced in Brazil · Languages English, French, Portuguese
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Imazon
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Brazil
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Original title
Sob a Pata do Boi
Original language
Portuguese
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English · French · Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · June 12, 2018
Premiere
United States · October 27, 2019
North Carolina Latin American Film Festival
Spain
February 10, 2021 · Barcelona - ZumZeig subtitled version event
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