No País das Amazonas
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4/5 Mubi Initial release 12 January 1922 (Manaus) | 7.9/10 IMDb Running time 72 minutes Cinematography Silvino Santos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos Produced by Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo Edited by Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos Distributed by J.G. Araújo Produções Cinematográficas Release date 12 January 1922 (1922-01-12) Directors Silvino Santos, Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo Producer Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo Editors Silvino Santos, Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. The film 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 January 12, 1922 in Rio de Janeiro.
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