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Once in the jungle, the law ceases to exist; once in the jungle, the border fades into oblivion. These Brazilian workers, survivors of gold prospectors’ militia, recount their stories of hell to the camera: « Down there they kill, they steal, they rape. We thought they got paid and that they left, but those people never arrived home. The families have had no news of them since.”The Brazilian nationals in French Guiana are reduced to the indignities of the most complete slavery. A massive contamination of mercury throughout the region begins to decimate the last Amerindian populations of French Guiana

France - 2003 - 53 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Philippe Lafaix Script Philippe Lafaix Camera Philippe Lafaix Sound Gérard Achille Editing Olivier Martin Music Pascal Zavaro

Production F Productions, 6, Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4260 6632 Fax : +33 (0)1 4260 6634 E-mail : fproductions@wanadoo.fr Co-Production Samarka Productions

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