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Deep in the Jungle: Brazil’s MST and a special Jungle Cineclub screening

A Long March to Justice: Documentary by British journalist examines Landless Movement’s Historical Protest

words: Ana Naomi
pictures: Gibby Zobel

**Jungle Cineclub special screening**
To celebrate this project JD will be staging a screening of MST at the Roxy Bar & Screen on June 28th, digging into the roots and issues of the revolutionary movement with a Q&A with director Gibby Zobel. This special Jungle Cineclub event is sponsored by Cabana Cachaça.

Watch the trailer here.

In 2005, 12,000 people walked the 240km from Goiania to Brasilia, on the longest march in Brazilian history. They were members of the Brazilian Landless Farmers’ Movement, the MST, who had come from all over the country for the manifestation. Recording the event was British journalistcum-filmmaker Gibby Zobel, who turned his footage into the documentary, MST: Landless Farmers and the Biggest March in Brazilian History. ‘A social movement as important as the MST deserves more than just brutal stereotyping’, says Gibby. Determined to shed some light on the MST, he accompanied the march from dawn till dusk for 17 days, discovering the stories behind the red flags, from landless families, to regional and national coordinators. His work didn’t stop there; after the march had fi nished, Gibby travelled over 15,000km by bus, to find the people he had met on the road to Brasilia, and see if the march had made a difference to their lives. The result is a rare insight into the MST, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.