The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story Care for Creation, Saints, Martyrs, and Heroes, Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers, Chico Mendes | | November 1, 2016 Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, environmentalist, and martyr. This film highlights Mendes’s work to end the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest and to organize the rights of workers in his town. Already a member?Log in here!