Movielogr
S.O.S. Amazonas: Apokalypse im Regenwald (2019)
Directed by Albert Knechtel
Overview
Large uncontrolled fires and flames have severely damaged the Amazon rainforests of Brazil in the summer of 2019 and destroyed countless trees. The main cause of the fires seems to be the man-made slash-and-burn. The drought, which has lasted for months, favors the situation. Likewise, the radical policy of the new Brazilian government under right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro contributes to the destruction of the Amazon jungles. When the green lung of the earth burns, not only experts and international politicians are terrified. Protecting the world’s unique ecosystem is of vital importance to all people of the world. The film examines the current environmental and humanitarian catastrophe in the Amazon region and gives voice to environmental activists as well as relativizing proponents of the fires.
Length 54 minutes
Actors
Maria Alves dos Santos | Elvenicio Anunciação dos Santos | Tasso Azevedo | Paulo Da Silva Bezerra | Jane Dwyer | Silvério Fernandes | Flávio Frossard | Ricardo Galvão | Rogério Gomes da Rocha | Helder Gomes | Alessandra Korap Silva | Erwin Kräutler | Thomas Lovejoy | Josenildo Munduruku | Mary Munduruku | Felício Pontes | Emerson Sanches | Jairo Saw Munduruku | Juarez Saw Munduruku | Roberta Spires | Girolamo Treccani | Lukas Tupinambá | Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau | Taroba Uru Eu Wau Wau | Lukas Vieira | Jair Bolsonaro | Pope Francis