Frontline

Murder in the Amazon

TV-MA
S7 • E11    Apr 11, 1989
Chico Mendes was an environmentalist and a leader of seringueiros, Brazilian rubber tappers, who struggle to defend their forests from destruction by cattle ranchers and developers. Mendes's murder in December 1988 focused international attention on the ecological pillage of millions of acres of Amazonian rain forest.

Where to Watch Frontline - S7 • E11

Cast of Murder in the Amazon

  • Will LymanSelf - Narrator (voice)

 

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