RUBBER Jungle - Part 2
RUBBER Jungle - Part 2smilingzebra
9 min - Jul 31, 2008
When a big budget Warner Brother's movie project about slain Brazilian activist Chico Mendes goes bust, Bill Day, Terry Schwartz and Caito Martins head deep into the Amazon to find out who Chico Mendes really was and why Hollywood couldn't make a film about him. Along the way, they learn the history of rubber tapping and why the rain forest continues to be destroyed despite worldwide opinion to save it.