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In the Land of the Amazons(Movie, 1922)

Original title: "No País das Amazonas" (Portuguese/PT)
2h 9min | Genre: Documentary
In the Land of the AmazonsRating: 2.8/5 (with 11 vote)
No País das Amazonas is a 1922 Brazilian silent documentary film directed by Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos. The film was notable in that it was one of the earliest to document the Amazon Rainforest on camera and present it to a wider audience and documents the local economies of the Amazonian Indians, examining production lines and workers in factories. It also portrays fishing on the Amazon River as a way of life, and shows how the locals prepare the fish for sale with salt. Later on, the film also examines rubber plantations in the rainforest and how the locals make use of the natural reserves for export. The film premiered on 12 January 1922 in Rio de Janeiro. The film was considered lost in 1930, but a copy was rediscovered in 2023 and the film was screened again in November 2023. ()
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"No País das Amazonas" begins showing the indigenous people of Amazonas. Then, it presents the economical activities showing each step in the production line of the incipient local industries, inclusive with the exit of workers from a factory in the end of the working period. The documentary shows also the boats on the river, the fishing of manatee ("peixe-boi") and preparation of the flesh with salt, the rubber trees, the extraction and each step of the preparation until the rubber mattress is ready to be exported, the Brazilian chestnuts, guaraná and smoke and the insects.

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Additional Information

Production country: Brazil
Original language: Portuguese (PT)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date US: 01/12/1922
Director: Silvino Santos
Film Editor: Silvino Santos
Director of Photography: Silvino Santos
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"No Paiz das Amazonas"
"Terra das Amazonas"
"In the Country of the Amazonas"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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