August, 1980. Evandro Carreira, a Brazilian senator leaves his party's office in Manaus to visit his constituents in the state of Amazonas. Interviews with farmhands, loggers, explorer Paulo Lucena, Brazilian and Peruvian Indians and a representative of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) were recorded from the city of Benjamin Constant to the village of Cavalo Cocho. A visit to the indigenous village of the Ticunas and the lands of the Maiuruna people culminate with an interview and the actions of José Francisco da Cruz, a member of the Order of the Holy Cross. Throughout the trip, the economic potential of the Amazon and its problems (corruption in the indigenous policies and the pollution produced by factories) are shown.
Genre: Adventure, Documentary
Stars: Evandro Carreira, Paulo Lucena, Manuel, José Francisco da Cruz
Crew: Jorge Bodanzky (Director), Wolf Gauer (Director), Jorge Bodanzky (Writer), Maria Inês Villares (Editor), Jorge Bodanzky (Director of Photography), David Pennington (Sound)
Country: Germany, Brazil
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Studio: Embrafilme, ZDF
Runtime: 94 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 01, 1981
IMDb: 6
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