Amazon: Longest River in the World
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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.
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Silvino Santos Director
First release January 1, 1918 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo
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Amazônia Cine-Film
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Brazil
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Original title
Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Brazil · January 1, 1918
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No release date listed for United States.
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