Brazil: People of the Frontier

Duration: 15

Year Published: 1969

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Copyright: Registered 14Nov69 · MP20172 (Jan-Jun 1970) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Films, division of Esquire, Inc

Description: Describes the life style, activities, and aspirations of the populace of a small frontier town in Brazil, pointing out the hardships and deprivations of frontier life. Focuses on some aspects of daily living such as building a house with local, natural materials; preparing a meal and doing laundry; clearing land, and planting a crop; and on the activities of a few prominent citizens such as a pioneer industrialist, primitive dentist, and local storekeeper. Explains briefly why settlement of the interior is only a recent phenomenon.

Metadata Source:Wikipedia — List of Coronet Films

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