In the Land of the Amazons (1922)

Name: In the Land of the Amazons
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1922-01-12

2h 9m

Running Time

Plot.

"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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Cast & Crew.

Silvino Santos

Director of Photography / Editor / Camera Operator / Director

Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo

Editor / Producer / Director

Details.

Release Date
January 12, 1922

Original Name
No País das Amazonas

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 9m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

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.