Red Road Green

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Amidst the greens of the Amazon and the flames of its destruction, "Red Road Green" beautifully and brutally captures the tough era when settlers and cattle ranchers plunged into the forests of the Brazilian Amazon. The description of the forest with all its beauty and wilderness is incredibly vivid and moving. In the Amazon, Brazil, 1965, the government offers land and money to those brave enough to travel 2000 kilometers to make a new life in the jungle. A brave young woman, Idenea, and her family are given a 50-hectare plot and begin clearing 40-meter high trees. Malaria is rampant; Indians watch; life is hard. When her baby is stolen, she is forced to flee in search of her child. Nearby, is an unlikely ally. Bobby, an ex-British soldier, has turned to ranching to hide from the demons of his past. Meeting in the Perfect Peace Motel, they fall in love. He tries to protect her from slavery and his troubled history. Full of reckless youth, they build a life together. But when political violence strikes, can their love survive?