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001355805 035__ $$a(OCoLC)747796903
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001355805 1001_ $$aMacDonald, Trilby.
001355805 24510 $$aDaughters of the canopy$$h[electronic resource] /$$cby Trilby MacDonald.
001355805 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c2004.
001355805 300__ $$a1 online resource (58 min.).
001355805 500__ $$aOriginally released as DVD.
001355805 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001355805 520__ $$aThis vibrant film focuses on the struggles and successes of two local women's groups fighting to preserve their land, forests and way of life in Brazil's Amazon region. The women combine scientific study, political advocacy and grassroots activism to save their communities fields and forests from ranchers and loggers and to improve their standard of living. The farmers in Quinandeua invited Dr. Patricia Shanley, an American ethno-botanist from the Woods Hole Research Center, to educate the community about the use of non-timber forest products. As one villager says, "she showed us the value of the forest, that wood and fruit are both important." They have become aware that the forests must stay intact for fruits and herbs to be harvested for food and medicine. Through their participation in local politics and education, the women are gaining confidence and respect in what has been a traditionally male-dominated society for the past five hundred years. Throughout the region, women s associations are forming and becoming increasingly organized and politically engaged. In Nova Timboteua, ranchers seized the farmers land illegally, and brutally in some cases. Women resisted and organized against them. Their efforts are part of a growing tide of popular unrest that is driving a profound political and social struggle to restructure the way resources are divided in Brazil. In the Amazon, the conflict with big business is most extreme. The women s groups are inspiring other Amazonians to take action to improve their lives.
001355805 521__ $$aFor College; Adult audiences.
001355805 546__ $$aThis edition in English.
001355805 650_0 $$aAgriculture$$zAmazon River Valley.
001355805 650_0 $$aAgriculture$$zBrazil.
001355805 650_0 $$aWomen$$zBrazil$$xSocial conditions.
001355805 651_0 $$aAmazon River Valley$$xEconomic conditions.
001355805 651_0 $$aBrazil$$xEconomic conditions.
001355805 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001355805 7761_ $$cOriginal$$w(OCoLC)747796903
001355805 7761_ $$cOriginal publisher catalog number$$o1307
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001355805 944__ $$a1784696
001355805 945__ $$aThe Whole World
001355805 980__ $$aSTREAMING
001355805 980__ $$aBIB
001355805 982__ $$aStreaming Video
001355805 983__ $$aOnline