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The first documentary details the stuggle of approximately 1,000 Brazilian families who fought for the right to own land and other elementary human rights on the Annoni plantation, and Rose, the woman who led the fight. The second documentary revisits the families 10 years after the struggle and finds them creating new lives as successful farmers. In Portuguese with subtitles.
This article appears in October 17 • 2003.
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