"Geraldo's Brazil" “Geraldo’s Brazil” is a film about the story of Geraldo Da Souza and his job at Ford Motor Company in Sao Paolo. The film is about how the international financial crisis affected companies and the workers that they employed. Due to this situation Geraldo, one of the men that lost his job, was interviewed to figure out the connection between the international financial crisis Brazil, Russia, and Asia and the influence of globalization. Ford, even though being the second largest car manufacturer in the world, is still affected by the international financial crisis. Due to the financial crisis of 1999 more than 2,000 workers were laid off at the Ford factory in Sao Paolo. Geraldo was an unfortunate victim of this crisis, he was chosen to be interviewed and talk to other car…show more content… Kevin Tynan is introduced to Geraldo and explains to him why workers are being laid off. Even with all of this Geraldo still doesn’t understand why he got his job back, but his friend Bulldog is still unemployed and has lost his family due to the situation. Geraldo is also introduced to a worker at a plant near Paris. The worker at the Peugeot plant said that he made around 2,000 euros a month (which is approximately $2,250 in the United States). Geraldo then states that he is only making around $650 per month. This is an extreme price difference that shows just how bad an international financial crisis can affect certain countries, while at the same time not affect others. Then the film goes on to state that American workers make approximately $22 per hour ($5,200 per month), which is a substantial increase from the $650 a month. Due to these financial differences Geraldo says that creating a global committee would help the most because with the same wages there would be no differences. The film goes on to say that Geraldo’s job at the Ford factory is affected by the money markets around, what Ford does is shaped by these money markets. A worker
