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Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest

Original title: Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest
Year: 1991
Running time: 70 min.
Country: United States
Director: Monti Aguirre, Glenn Switkes
Cast: Documentary
Music: Alex de Grassi, Egberto Gismonti
Cinematography: Eduardo Poiano
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: For 500 years the indigenous people of the Amazon have defended their homeland against the invasion that has brought the mass extinction of over 700 tribes and destruction of the rainforests in which they live. Amazonia gives voice to these native people, as well as the riverine dwellers, rubber tappers, and small farmers, all of whom depend on the rainforests along the Amazon River.

Awards: 1991: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary)

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Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest

1991

Monti Aguirre, Glenn Switkes