Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes(2007)

Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes is a miniseries that traces a century of Acre's transformation from Bolivian territory to Brazilian state. Drawn by promises of wealth through rubber extraction, migrants from Brazil's Northeast and beyond arrived seeking fortune, only to find themselves trapped in cycles of exploitation and poverty. The series follows three pivotal figures—Galvez, Plácido de Castro, and Chico Mendes—as they navigate the region's brutal expansion. Predatory harvesting practices devastated the rainforest while enriching distant investors, leaving Acre's workers and environment scarred. This sweeping historical drama captures the human cost of resource extraction and the clash between economic ambition and ecological survival in the Amazon.