Amazon: Longest River in the World

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1918

Original language

Portuguese

Production

Amazônia Cine-Film

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt29475079