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- After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.
- A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
- The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
- An underground world is inhabited by mythical creatures evolved from a deep lineage of Brazilian folklore. One detective who finds himself caught in a murder investigation that puts him in the middle of a battle between these two worlds.
- During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
- Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
- The hosts travel to various destinations around the world. As they do, you view their experiences and listen to their critiques along the way.
- The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe. Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with Dasdô's knowledge. He's moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô's baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, and the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.
- An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
- A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.
- A doctor and an adventurer journey to the Amazon, where they encounter a man in a bizarre bird costume terrorizing the local indigenous population.
- The true and inspiring story of finding triumph over tragedy, injustice, and loss. In 1979, Brooks Douglass and his sister Leslie survived a devastating crime that rocked their community and took their parents' lives. Initially sent into an emotional tailspin Brooks regained his footing, became Oklahoma's youngest state senator, and championed important victims' rights legislation. It is not until his quest for ultimate justice brings him face-to-face with his parents' killer that he must reconcile military training with the lessons of his father to discover the path to finally finding peace.
- Martin Strel attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River, the longest continuous swim in history.
- Based on true events Little Secret is a film with three interlocked stories all connected by a single secret that converge to reveal the tragic yet beautiful lives of three families and how hope, dreams and destiny can unite people from very different parts of the world. Adopted at childhood by a loving family after facing the loss of her parents, Kat led a life full of adventures. Now in her teenage years she is trying to fit into a "normal" life, as the world shows her how cruel living can be. After discovering a secret which threatens her life, she wonders if her dreams are still possible. Heloisa is a dedicated mother who has been entrusted with the secret and will do everything to keep her family together; however, she knows that the future is unpredictable. Jeanne, a beautiful young Amazonian native, falls in love with Robert, a New Zealander, with whom he discovers that her possibilities are infinite, however she forgets that destiny has plans of its own. Barbara, an older English woman, who became cold and lonely, is capable of doing anything to get what she wants. When the past knocks on her door, she sets out on a journey to rediscover love. Stories that cross borders and show that in this world people are pulled apart by destiny, racism and tragedy, but can be pulled together by friendship, tolerance and love. An inspiring film that will challenge the way you look at life.
- Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.
- DOC Rainflorest (working title) is a subjective film about the intemperances of nature and about the transformations that the planet has suffered over decades of human production with its fruits that today we all reap.
- A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder. The story of how this happened and how he got into trouble is told in flashback.
- A man's tale of love, obsession, and madness in the Brazilian Amazon. When Arminto returns to his childhood town to meet with his estranged father, he falls in love with a woman from his past. This love proves to be unattainable (and thus irresistible), making Arminto squander both his family inheritance and his sanity. On his path from passion to ruin, Arminto plunges deeper and deeper into the mythical world of the Amazon, turning his own life into fable.
- This is the Brazilian Version of the TV show The Apprentice where the contestants compete in this reality show. There are a total of 8 seasons. The 3rd Season the prize was a contract with WPP Group, the largest advertising group of the world in New York working for Wunderman NY. The 4th season of the Brazilian version of the show The Apprentice with a twist, instead an employee a partner for a company will be chosen. As a reward for winning the show they visit Anselmo Martini, winner of the Aprendiz 3 and also the Blue Sky studios.
- A novelist comes under the spell of a beautiful woman who is rumored to be a legendary Amazon who lures men to their doom.
- Documentary on the killing of 73-year-old Catholic nun and activist Sister Dorothy Stang in February 2005, in the state of Pará (Brazilian rain forest), where she, for 30 years, fought along with environmentalists and the underprivileged local communities against the exploitation of powerful loggers and landowners.
- Mercury contamination threatens the inhabitants of Amazonia with the shadow of the Minamata Disease.
- The Edge of the Universe: Beyond the Infinite Frontier is a science fiction documentary miniseries that explores the mysteries and limits of the universe, delving into the coincidences of the cosmos.
- Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of a Cousteau production? Find out as the Calypso is readied for an Amazon adventure. A remarkable journey through this still-mysterious kingdom begins as the team goes deep into the Amazon.
- What does it mean to ask someone to Look at the Stars? For Geyza, a Blind Prima Ballerina, it means the journey of her life. This Feature Documentary invites us into her world, and of a special Ballet Academy in Sao Paulo Brazil.
- A documentary on the process of production of Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Frescoes and the murals' agitated social context during the years of the Great Depression. The documentary's remarkable archival montage explores the links between industrial labor, public art, and industrial cinema under the exigencies of Fordism.
- A documentary film about the Amazon Forest deforestation and its implication not only to the human rights of Indigenous and traditional peoples who live there, but also to the entire planet's ecosystem.
- This documentary follows a Central and South American expedition led by explorer Lewis Cotlow. The travelogue begins on the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama, where the crew visit the San Blas Indians. The narrator describes their colorful dress and notes that the chief product of the island is coconuts. Continuing their travels to the Port of Belem off the coast of Brazil, the crew take a riverboat up the Amazon River, detouring up a tributary, where they spot many wild birds, including toucans, egrets and papagayos. After a brief encounter with a tribe known as the Bororos, who reveal their fishing techniques, they canoe to a section of the river in Peru to visit the Yagua tribe. Male members of the tribe take the crew on a leopard hunt using blowguns and then return to the camp to celebrate. The next stop is the Guano Islands, off the coast of Peru, where seals and guanyos are prevalent. The crew return to the coast to visit with the Colorados Indians, who use red paste made from a native seed to cover their bodies and that of the narrator's, who joins them in decorating his body. The crew then travel to the western base of the Andes Mountains in search of the "hot-tempered" Jivaro tribe. As a result of the Jivaros' religious beliefs that they must seek revenge for the murder of any member of their own family, they have become headhunters. The narrator describes the entire process, from the murder and decapitation to the boiling water process used to shrink the heads. The film closes with narrator commenting that "only men crueler than nature can survive" in the wild terrain of the Amazon jungle.
- The fictional miniseries presents the silenced dramas of workers subjected to modern slavery in the Brazilian Amazon.
- Documentary about the 100 years of the Paysandú Sport Club.
- A documentary that shows the impacts of the construction of the Belo Monte plant on the Xingu River in Pará, Brazil.
- A young boy living in an orphanage in the Amazon, while creating situations to draw the attention of adoptive parents, conceives an imaginary friendship with his only toy, a doll named Shala.
- Young woman goes looking for her missing boyfriend, a photographer last seen going down huge São Francisco River, in Brazil. On her search, she is told many stories about that river.
- Between the Tapajós and Amazon rivers, in the state of Pará, there is a region known as Baixo Tapajós, one of the most conflictual in the entire Brazilian Amazon.
- Behind the look of contemporary LGBTQI+ peripheral youth, we follow different themes that permeate the peripheries from Brazil with interviews of a singular and intimate nature.
- Documentary about the rural population who earn their living as coal miners, thus helping to keep metallurgic activity going and contributing to the forest devastation in South America.
- John Baptist is a cold and introspective man. He cannot sleep or eat, and even show his feelings for the photographer Juliana, the only person who could be interested in someone that strange and mysterious. But now, he realizes that his soul was taken away in a kid's play in childhood and soon he will die. So the couple go on a journey to the heart of Brazil, during carnival celebration of the countryside cities. Whether John's beliefs are real or not, to Juliana this may be the only chance of reconciliation. But on the other hand, for him the journey will be the last chance to face the devil that lurks, waiting and hiding among the carnival masks.
- Construction of dams by energy companies in the Brazilian Amazon would destroy the heart of the world's largest rainforest, and severely affect indigenous people community. If built, the dams would flood an area the size of London, Paris and Amsterdam combined. The flood will also dissolve water with toxic plants which can kill the human. These plants are commonly known as Timbó.
- In a time of advanced deforestation in the Amazon, we delve into the stories of struggle and resilience of individuals who view the forest as an inseparable part of their lives. These are people who shield the forest, confront the harassment of invaders, and safeguard the transmission of their knowledge and culture in the pursuit of caring for the planet's largest tropical rainforest. This documentary uncovers their journey and dedication to preserving the Amazon's vital legacy.
- More than 10 years of research, several trips and visits to museums, film libraries, libraries, public and private collections, and a tireless work of footage and interviews, a film that tells the pre-cinema's history in Brazil, especially in the Amazon, with the city of Belém as the protagonist of this surprising story in an unexpected scenario.
- Living Myths is a TV series with 13 episodes that explores the rich Brazilian popular culture, visiting different regions of the country and bringing myths to life through different forms of art.
- Documentary about the masters of the Amazon and the music originated in the region.
- Nazareno is another man who was born and works on the continent, but nowadays survives on the island. Crossing the river is part of his routine. Under it, every day, flows the "Big River" flooded with unresolved stories.
- Following two decades of acclaimed shorts, acclaimed Brazilian director Fernando Segtowick makes his feature-length debut with O Reflexo do Lago ('Amazon Mirror'), a stunning, black and white documentary concerning the environmental and social impact of deforestation in Brazil. Segtowick's contemplative film delves the societal impact of major industry, presenting a gentle exploration of the lives of the residents of Tucuruí, a beautiful region alongside the Amazon that has nonetheless been severely impacted by the building of a hydroelectric dam. In the polluted waters, the remains of dead trees serve as a bleak reminder of whole ecosystems long since lost. And yet, the river still flows on, as workers and their families invite Segtowick into their livelihoods and homes with warmth and generosity. Failed repeatedly by local governments and the supposed guaranteed benefits of economic progress that arrive with industry, those living alongside the Caraipé River maintain a quiet dignity and optimism, as well as a warm bond across generations. As the older residents reflect on the course of their lives, their children remain cautiously optimistic about the future. Meanwhile, the very youngest generation still find freedom and excitement in a scorched environment. Wary of inviting a problematic western gaze, Segtowick subtly de-exoticizes Tucuruí's breathtaking landscape with his dramatic monochrome photography, without once sacrificing its power. Often appearing on-camera himself, Segtowick respectfully observes intimate moments amongst the community. Despite the enormous toll on their daily lives, he witnesses the joy as they pray, love, sing and prosper, shooting with a natural style that seamlessly blends both land and water, nature and humanity, the personal and the political. O Reflexo do Lago is a patient testimony to resistance, as well as a sensational document of an environment in crisis.
- The life of a Lebanese immigrant through 50 years in Brazil.