MST: Landless farmers and the biggest march in Brazilian history
Director Gibby Zobel
Countries
Duration 69 min
Synopsis
2009: 25 years of the MST For 17 days, 12,000 members of the Movimento Sem Terra, the Brazilian landless movement, rose before dawn and hit the motorway, creating a red column stretching four kilometers as they bore down on the capital Brasília in their bid for land reform. Demonised as dangerous outlaws - even terrorists - by the media in their own country, the movement of over a million and a half people has won international support and has been called the most dynamic social movement in the world. The film accompanies the long march for freedom over 238 kilometres, an epic vision of humanity on the move. Reaching the destination was not the ultimate aim. For the MST, founded in 1984, the march was designed to open up a long-term debate with society, a dream of the future.
2009: 25 years of the MST For 17 days, 12,000 members of the Movimento Sem Terra, the Brazilian landless movement, rose before dawn and hit the motorway, creating a red column stretching four kilometers as they bore down on the capital Brasília in their bid for land reform. Demonised as dangerous outlaws - even terrorists - by the media in their own country, the movement of over a million and a half people has won international support and has been called the most dynamic social movement in the world. The film accompanies the long march for freedom over 238 kilometres, an epic vision of humanity on the move. Reaching the destination was not the ultimate aim. For the MST, founded in 1984, the march was designed to open up a long-term debate with society, a dream of the future.