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The Amazing Amazons
A campy combo of live action and animation, “The Amazing Amazons” follows a day in the life of a contemporary female super hero. Aimee is in the midst of a typical Amazon day - fighting censorship, taking out macho attitudes and exposing lies - when her fellow Amazon Amanda rattles her to the very foundation of her Amazon soul.
Ausgeliefert! Leiharbeiter bei Amazon
Silvina is Spanish and unemployed art teacher. She left her three children and her husband in Spain to work for three months for the Amazon Christmas campaign, packing shipments at the company's headquarters in the city of Bad Hersfeld in Hesse. Like her, another 10,000 European workers were recruited by the EURES employment network. They are the p..
The Return to the Amazon: escaping Ecuador's Covid outbreak
While millions of people around the world have gone into lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis, a family in the Ecuadorian Amazon has opted to move deeper into the relative safety of the jungle. As they reconnect with dormant ancestral knowledge, away from the distractions of modern life, their affinity with nature begins to flourish. As news sprea..
Amazonas, Amazonas
A brief look at Amazonas, its population, their costumes, the rich nature and its importance to Brazil and the world.
Amazônia Sem Garimpo
In the film, indigenous peoples tell the dramas and the danger of contamination of rivers and waters by mercury from mining. The animation is available with narration in two indigenous languages (Yanomami and Munduruku), in addition to Portuguese. The narrations were made by the indigenous populations themselves, and the script was developed collec..
Shiringa: Amazon White Gold
Jorge Escompani is a "Shiringa" master, "Shiringa" is a tree which produces natural latex. This is considered a tradition that preserves great passion and environmental awareness. The extraction of latex from the Shiringa tree led to the death of thousands of indigenous people due to slavery during "the fever of latex" in the 19th century.
Amazone
A compilation of archival material, Vedrès’s dreamlike short explores the multiple meanings of the word “Amazon,” particularly its etymological and cultural ties to femininity. –MoMA
West Amazons
"West Amazons" tells the story of a group of transvestites who created a textile cooperative in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in order to leave street prostitution and to have a dignified job. The live with very little money, marginalized and abused throughout their lives, they fight every day in his small workshop to demonstrate to society that disc..
Amazônia, da impertinência à conciliação
Get to know the protected territories, created to preserve the forest, the conservation units. Find out how they work, the benefits they generate and the difficulties they face in fulfilling their mission to keep the Amazon standing. Also, learn about some activities that are already done by residents to generate income in a sustainable way. Based ..
Amazonas
Celestino leaves for Brazil from the Andes in search of new opportunities, but he can't reach his destination. The migrant stays in the border and is force to work at the only laundry there. Captivity ends up revealing the true value of his freedom.
Teatro Amazonas
Teatro Amazonas is an elaborate, intriguing formalist experiment investigating the cinematic gaze and cultural exchange, and offering an unconventional ethnographic record of its Amazonian subjects engaged (and disengaged) in the act of spectatorship.
Amazon Quest
Thomas Dekker is a diamond cutter attempting to reclaim his right to a portion of a rubber empire in the early part of the twentieth century. Tom travels to Brazil to uncover the fate of his father and along the way meets Teresa, a local girl who offers to be his guide in the jungle. Eventually, they encounter three armed men who take them to Lobat..
Das Schlangenfischkanu - Eine Reise in Amazonien
Documentary film.
Qui a peur des amazones?
The lesbian community of Geneva wears its name well - Lestime - as an affirmation of pride, openness, and also of strength. This film offers numerous testimonies on being a lesbian today, with Catherine Gaillard's show, Les Amazones, as a common thread. The direct testimonies of those who are in the front line to defend the rights of lesbians, thei..
Head Shrinkers of the Amazon
From National Geographic's Expedition Week comes this unique peek into the lives of Headhunting and shrinking. Supposedly it occurred in many regions of the world. But the practice of headshrinking has only ever been recorded in the northwestern region of the Amazon rain forest. In the Amazon rain forest the only tribes known to have shrunken hum..
Wild Kratts: Amazin' Amazon Adventure
When Aviva experiences an invention slump, the Wild Kratts team is determined to help. They take her down the mysterious Amazon river in search of inspiration from the amazing creatures that live there!
