Henry fords failed rubber town in the amazon jungle. The rise and fall of henry fords forgotten jungle city democracy now, broadcast 2 july 2009, video and discussion transcript available. Written, directed and produced by marcos colon, beyond fordlandia 2017, 75 min presents an environmental account of henry fords amazon experience decades after its failure. With nicole kidman, james franco, robert pattinson, damian lewis. Mar 28, 2017 scifi indie the beyond gets trailer exclusive video march 28, 2017 10. Mar 11, 2014 fordlandia a city henry ford built in the amazon with the intention of producing rubber. Danum and gillian macgregor as a married couple who attempt to make their relationship work during the approach of a potentially catastrophic asteroid.
About this event where hendricks center for the arts. Deep in brazils amazon, exploring the ruins of fords. The goal of setting up the ford motor company of brazil was twofold. Beyond fordlandia 2017, 75 min presents an environmental. Proving that truth can indeed be stranger than fiction, fordlandia is the story of henry fords illadvised attempt to transform raw brazilian rainforest into homespun slices of americana.
Greg grandin is the author of fordlandia, empires workshop, the last colonial massacre, and the awardwinning the blood of guatemala. Fordlandia on flickr historic images from the benson ford research center, a library and archive located at the henry ford museum. Based on the american way of life ford created his own world complete with white picket fences called. Fords regimented approach extended beyond fordlandias orderly fields. April 11 2018 temple university department of spanish and portuguese. April 10 2018 princeton environmental film festival.
Fordlandia tells the story of henry fords settlement in the amazon, a model of inept planning and design. Our character is now a brazilian woman, who experienced an intense and forbidden love with an american project manager of fordlandia. Fordlandia movie taking you beyond the studio gates. Greg grandin is the author of empires workshop, the last colonial massacre, and the awardwinning the blood of guatemala. Ford liked his automotive business to be as selfreliant as possible. Five reasons why henry fords failure in brazil still. See more ideas about utopia thomas more, utopia dystopia and. Even by pregreen standards, the arrogance and ignorance is shocking. It was written by dennis paoli, gordon and brian yuzna, and stars jeffrey combs, barbara crampton, ken foree and ted sorel from beyond centers on a pair of scientists attempting to stimulate the pineal gland with a device called the. Sawmill, firehouse and water tower in fordlandia, brazil, historical images via the henry ford. Trailers like grace of monaco, grudge match, homefront,the wind rises, neighbors, man of tai chi, gravity, kill your darlings, robocop 2014, vampire academy, 300 rise of an empire, the counselor with brad pitt and michael fassbender, the lego movie 2014. Fordlandias most striking building is set back from the river, on a knoll about half a mile in.
The beloit international film festival celebrating the best in independent film and filmmakers. Government records show that in the 20162017 harvest, brazil exported 63. Beyond fear is a british television crime dramatisation, first broadcast on 30 march 1997, the opening night of channel 5, that details the kidnap of estate agent stephanie slater by convicted murderer michael sams. This new trailer of the beyond just confirms the film is going to be awesome. But henry ford wanted this community called fordlandia to be more than just a huge plantation. A look at the fordlandia behindthescenes crew and production team. Fordlandia ebook by greg grandin 97814299380 rakuten kobo. Resan till fjaderkungens rike, is a 2014 englishlanguage swedishdanish computeranimated comedydrama film directed by the swedish animator esben toft jacobsen. Set in 2019, the beyond chronicles the groundbreaking mission which sent astronauts modified with advanced robotics, through a newly discovered wormhole known as the void. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the. Aug 27, 2012 a look at the fordlandia behindthescenes crew and production team. Beyond fordlandia is a movie that has open my eyes about nature, human greediness and the reach for capitalism at all cost without thinking about long term consequences. This film looks at the recent transition from failed rubber plantations to successful soybean cultivation and the implications this has had on the environment.
This page will describe how you can obtain a copy of the film for viewing. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the ford motor company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the tapajos river, a primary tributary of the amazon. The film addresses the recent transition from failed rubber to successful. Feb 20, 2017 beyond producing rubber, ford, an avowed teetotaler, antisemite and skeptic of the jazz age, clearly wanted life in the jungle to be more transformative. It premiered at the scifilondon film festival on 24 april 2014. The film s writer ben coccio last wrote the place beyond the pines and so cold the river. Beyond the lights film complet en francais 2017 youtube. But fordlandia, as it was called, was doomed from the start, according to artist dan. On one side was the car magnate, lean, austere, the man who reduced industrial production to its simplest motions. At that time the sole source of rubber was the south american tree hevea brasiliensis, whose sap is natural latex.
Until recently, fordlandia remained a mere footnote to the henry ford story. How to survive alone in the wilderness for 1 week eastern woodlands duration. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the ford motor company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the tapajos river, a primary tributary. In the movie viewers are able to experiment the changes that have occur in the amazon forest long ago until present years. The rise and fall of henry fords forgotten jungle city metropolitan books, promises to make its existence known to a wide audience. Beyond is a 2014 british science fiction romantic drama written and directed by joseph baker and tom large. The plan was to harvest the rubber and ship it back to detroit, where it would be turned into tires and other parts for ford cars. O quadro respiro cultural, do antenize, apresenta o documentario beyond fordlandia. Mar 11, 2014 fordlandia a city henry ford built in the amazon with the intention of. There are two methods of distribution, one for interested private individuals, and the other for institutions who wish to organize a showing or make this material available to users of their institution.
Last century, ford motor company created a massive international project to start a new rubber plantation in the amazon region of brazil called fordlandia. Beyond fordlandia 2017, 82 min presents an environmental account ninety years. Beyond fordlandia biff beloit international film festival. The plantations of fordlandia and belterra were two attempts by the ford motor company from 19281945 to establish a permanent rubber plantation presence in brazil. Forum mundial da agua, em brasilia e em universidades e centros culturais. See more ideas about city, henry ford and abandoned.
The film beyond fordlandia highlights several pressing issues related to environmental destruction, human rights, and development in the amazon region of brazil. Oct 04, 20 in 1928 henry ford created a large scale settlement in the amazon to produce rubber. Project managers today are challenged by managing projects across different cultures and in different countries, and they need to understand the principles of global project management and understand the impact of culture on projects. Jan 27, 2012 in celebration of the upcoming production utopia at soho theatre, were collecting visions of utopia that we find here. But he had several unusual passions and two of them converge, rather ironically, in the story of fordlandia. Fordlandia exhibition skewers the automakers doomed. From beyond is a 1986 american sciencefiction body horror film directed by stuart gordon, loosely based on the short story of the same name by h. In the early 20th century, a cartel of dutch and english rubber barons had a stranglehold on the vast majority of the worlds supply of rubber. Written directed and produced by marcos colon, beyond fordlandia presents an environmental account of henry fords amazon experience decades after its failure. Ford motor company began worrying about rubber during the 1920s, when it found itself relying on plantations located in europes southeast asian colonies. Interesting intercepts past, present, and future 2,149 views. Henry fords failed rubber plantation in the middle of the amazon rain forest. It was established by american industrialist henry ford in the.
With sales of his modelt booming, the automotive tycoon saw an opportunity to expand his reach further by exploiting a. Henry ford was without doubt a great industrialist. The release date of the movie the beyond is set to january 9, 2018 on vod platforms. Scifi indie the beyond gets trailer exclusive video. Henry fords foley fordlandia fordlandia, brazil then and now duration. Aug 19, 2016 in the 1920s the us industrialist wanted to found a city based on the values that made his company a success while, of course, producing cheap rubber. The grand rapids film festival has lately been looking to filmmakers for their insight and candor into the world around them. When the mission returns unexpectedly, the space agency races to discover what the astronauts encountered on their first of its kind interstellar. Fordlandia, as the settlement was called, quickly became the site of an epic clash. Its a wreck of a hundred bed hospital built from a sketch by albert kahn, the architect of. Fordlandia henry fords forgotten jungle city failure. Fordlandia was born of ford motor companys need for vast amounts of rubbernot just for the model ts tires but for gaskets, hoses, wires, and other parts. Beyond fordlandia 2017, 82 min presents an environmental account ninety years after henry fords amazon experience.
150 1309 235 276 288 447 1201 615 1503 372 565 821 553 548 789 1595 729 1492 949 1074 940 806 834 1346 872 880 71 828 843 1106 749 684 743 43 543