Brazil: the troubled land

Brazil: the troubled land is a short film from 1964 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Dramatically depicts the plight of the peasants of northeastern Brazil and shows the work of communist leaders (specifically Francisco Julião) in urging open revolt of the people. Reviews the plans o...

Brazil: the troubled land
Release date	1964

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Summary

Dramatically depicts the plight of the peasants of northeastern Brazil and shows the work of communist leaders (specifically Francisco Julião) in urging open revolt of the people. Reviews the plans of the government for land reform. Describes the attitude of the landlords who apparently care little about the appalling conditions under which the peasants live, but only regard them as lazy and shiftless.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:25:27);16mm

IUL Genres

Educational;Political;News

IUL Subject

Julião, Francisco, 1915-1999;Communism--Brazil, Northeast;Peasants--Brazil, Northeast;Land reform--Brazil, Northeast;Brazil, Northeast--Social conditions;Brazil, Northeast--Economic conditions

Full Title (usually this is the same as above)

Brazil: the troubled land