Film: K6 - Countdown at the Xingu/Tapajos - Battle for Amazonia
Summary
The Brazilian Amazon region, provincial capital Altamira, on the Xingu River. The third largest dam in the world, Belo Monte, has been under construction here since 2011 to provide electricity for the "economic rise of Brazil." And to feed the world's hunger for raw materials. That is the official version. But behind the scenes it's all about billions of US dollars of "extra profits" for construction companies and politicians.
"This is a criminal organisation," says the Catholic Bishop of Altamira, Erwin Kräutler, referring to the current "Petrobras scandal" that is rocking Brazil. European global companies like Siemens, Andritz and Norsk Hydro also want to earn a lot of money by building turbines or smelting bauxite into aluminium.
Discussion with filmmaker Martin Kessler
https://www.neuewut.de/projekt/xingutapajos/
Description
The Brazilian Amazon region, provincial capital Altamira, on the Xingu River. The third largest dam in the world, Belo Monte, has been under construction here since 2011 to provide electricity for the "economic rise of Brazil." And to feed the world's hunger for raw materials. That is the official version. But behind the scenes it's all about billions of US dollars of "extra profits" for construction companies and politicians.
"This is a criminal organisation," says the Catholic Bishop of Altamira, Erwin Kräutler, referring to the current "Petrobras scandal" that is rocking Brazil. European global companies like Siemens, Andritz and Norsk Hydro also want to earn a lot of money by building turbines or smelting bauxite into aluminium.
Discussion with filmmaker Martin Kessler
https://www.neuewut.de/projekt/xingutapajos/