Taquara

Remembering the coffee plantations of Rio de Janeiro state

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AP Television Vassouras, Brazil 20th April 2009 1. Wide shot, pan showing city of Vassouras and valley of coffee. 2. Pan right from forest to old farm house. Cachoeira Grande (Big Waterfall) farm. 3. Tilt down to ruins. 4. Coffee tree and beans. 5. Right pan with Cachoeira Grande farmhouse, swimming pool and old slave house in background (senzala). 6. Cachoeira Grande farm house. Left pan to opening front door. 7. Lady walks visitors through the house. 8. Tilt down from chandelier to Nubia Caffarelli talking UPSOUND: (Portuguese) "This room was reserved for men." 9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Nubia Caffarelli, Owner of Cachoeira Grande Farm: "Why was there so much refinement in the Valley's farms? Because of the proximity with the court in Rio de Janeiro, which brought Dom Pedro (Pedro II emperor of Brazil) visitors and nobility to visit here. A curious fact: princess Isabel and Conde D'Eu had dinner here." 10. Travelling shots of highways, paved and dirt road. Tall palm trees appear. 11. Pan showing large farm house and tall palm trees. This is Ponte Alta farm. 12. Pan long white building. Part of the slave quarters (senzala) at the farm. 13. Man shows model of the farm. "the production square" 14. Man shows ball and chain used on slaves. 15. Woman serving food. 16. People having lunch at the farm. 17. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Deusa Basilio, Descendant of Slaves "When slavery was abolished my great grandmother never even found out. She never left, not only her but many blacks." 18. Actors posing with period clothes, taking photos with visitors. 19. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Michele Assun��o, History teacher: "Coffee had its triumph but also a fast decline. The soil soon became infertile due to the wrong use of the land." 20. Man spreading coffee beans on ground at Fazenda Taquara. 21. Hand shows coffee beans 22. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marcelo Streva, owner of Fazenda da Taquara: "This is the founder, Comendador Jo�o Pereira da Silva, started this farm in 1830. The second owner" (points) 23. Paintings of his ancestors. The child is his grandmother. 22. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marcelo Streva, owner of Fazenda da Taquara: "I lived with her here at the house for thirteen years. She is my grandmother. My father's mother married an Italian descendant." 23. Travelling shot, highway. 24. Wide Shot of S�o Jo�o da Prosperidade farm. 25. Owner Magide Muniz in period clothes leading group of tourists. 26. People having tea at the kitchen while the owner lectures on the history of the place 27. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Magide Muniz, Owner of S�o Jo�o da Prosperidade farm: "After slavery was abolished, the free slaves were paid for their work and this farm had then this leather coin. This is how they were paid. They bought groceries here at the farm. It was a way to keep them enslaved." 28. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Beatriz Costa Visitor: "Other people should follow their example. This is really charming. It's a return to the past, to our history." 29. Square in town of Mendes "Choro" style music playing. 30. Musicians playing "choro", couple dancing. 31. Man with wooden barrels of cacha�a (cachassa) or Brazilian rum. 32. Man serves cacha�a, two men drink. One says "Very good" 33. More music. 34. Another farm "Santa Cecilia" LEAD IN: Northwest from Rio de Janeiro, the region known as the 'Valley of Coffee' was the first important coffee producing region in Brazil. Coffee production was at its height in the area in the mid 19th century. But by the turn of the 20th century the industry moved to S�o Paulo state, leaving behind hundreds of unused coffee farms. Now the farms serve as tourist attractions, where visitors can step back in time for a taste of life on the coffee plantations of old. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6763231fd51bdb82f137d2d898e0b532 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork