Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo

Story

Documentary by Portuguese Silvino Santos, about the Amazon, its flora, fauna, its inhabitants and among other wonderful images from the beginning of the 20th century with alternating close-up shots of caimans, jaguars and tropical flora with footage of Indigenous rituals--including some of the earliest known moving images of the Indigenous Witoto people--and longer sequences showcasing the region’s extractive industries: rubber, the Brazil nut, timber, fishing, even the egret feathers that were a staple of women’s fashion at the time.

Kurzinfos

Originaltitel

Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo

Status

Released

Start

01.01.1918

Laufzeit

1 h 7 min

Originalsprache

pt

Genres

Dokumentarfilm