Amazon: Longest River in the World
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.
Year: 1918
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Amazônia Cine-Film
Director: Silvino Santos
Cast:
Crew: Silvino Santos (Director), Propércio de Mello Saravia (Other)
Runtime: 54 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1918
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Popularity: 1
Country: Brazil
Language: No Language
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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