Amazônia Oktoberfesta
A Brazilian development project, initiated during the military dictatorship in the 1970s, encouraged the “exploration” of northern Brazil by settlers from Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. Based on a German-
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A Brazilian development project, initiated during the military dictatorship in the 1970s, encouraged the “exploration” of northern Brazil by settlers from Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. Based on a German-
La cintura delle Amazzoni (presumed a lost film but actually in perfect health, preserved by the Narodní filmový archív), promises fun, elegance and erotic innuendos. The story concerns a circus of attractions that come
Follow Captain John and his able crew as they set sail to Wildcat Island on an exotic adventure to encounter barbarians, capture dastardly pirates and defeat mortal enemies.
A biologist from London goes to Amazonia to study the local flora. There she meets three other scientists from different nationalities and backgrounds. They advise her not to go near the Autana, a mountain regarded sacre
An ancient myth from brazilian Amazon.
Dad's not having a great morning: at breakfast, his wife points out that his attempt to fix the sink was unsuccessful, his older daughter is miffed that he tossed one of her drawings from school, and his younger daughter
An extensive journey through the Brazilian Amazon to hear the human stories of those most affected by climate change.
In the film, indigenous peoples tell the dramas and the danger of contamination of rivers and waters by mercury from mining. The animation is available with narration in two indigenous languages (Yanomami and Munduruku),
A woman in a slip is at her dressing table getting ready for a night out as her husband paces nervously. He's thinking back 30 years when, as a young man, he paid a visit to a pawnshop, a Nixon poster on the wall, a pros
Michel, a young painter in poor health, enters the grounds of a château and faints when he sees a haughty young woman in the simplest of garb. The chatelaine, Eliane, takes care of him and calls in Pierre Fournier, a Par
Documentary.
The transformation of an image. A woman suddenly transfigured breast and cut, like the Amazon, making new weapons: the bow and arrow.
A compilation of archival material, Vedrès’s dreamlike short explores the multiple meanings of the word “Amazon,” particularly its etymological and cultural ties to femininity. –MoMA
In a monologue, a man expresses his views over the international selling of the Amazon rainforest.