Sacha Runa: Spirits of the Rainforest
1996 · 60m · Documentary
A portrait of Peruvian curandero Agustin Rivas-Vazques, revealed primarily through stationary-camera interviews.
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The World According to Amazon
2019 · ★ 6.4
This film dives into the world of Amazon, its story and view of the world. It offers a large social fresco backed up by an in-depth investigation where private lives meet the mega-machine.
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Uncharted Amazon
2016 · ★ 7.5
Deep in the jungles of Peru, a silky anteater is fighting to stay awake and a mother humming bird is struggling to raise her chick. Through millions of years of evolution they have developed bizarre relationships and unexpected strategies to overcome them changing conditions, but for all their ingenuity, they were never prepared for the arrival of a new species on the scene.
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Toroboro: The Name of the Plants
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A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the last remaining forests where the isolated Huaoranis still live, who to this day refuse to come into contact with civilization.
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buen vivir – ñutse canseye
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Viva el Peru
1973 · ★ 8
Documentary about the Velasco regime and the material conditions in Peru prior to the coup d'état in 1968, as well as the Peruvian left wing
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The Return
2021 · ★ 7
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Le Mystère des rivières volantes d'Amazonie
2022 · ★ 8.5
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★ 10
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The End of Eternity
2018 · ★ 6
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The Invention of the Other
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Spears from All Sides
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