Into Amazonia

Brazil with Michael Palin Season 1 Episode 2

Overview:
The Python star continues his first visit to Brazil by travelling by river from the northern border with Venezuela to the capital of Brasilia. Along the way he visits indigenous tribe the Yanomami, learning about the threat to their hunter-gatherer way of life, before watching a rehearsal by the Amazon Philharmonic Orchestra and searching for the remains of Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a vast rubber plantation in the middle of the rainforest. In Belem, music producer Priscilla explains why Amazonian women are such powerful forces, then he moves southwards, meeting rock star and political activist Dinho Ouro Preto, who believes that despite its social and environmental problems, the country is on the brink of becoming a superpower.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Michael Palin

Release Date : 2012-10-31

Duration : 60 menit

Rating : ⭐ 8/10 (1 votes)

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

Out of Africa
1. Out of Africa
Into Amazonia
2. Into Amazonia
The Road to Rio
3. The Road to Rio
The Deep South
4. The Deep South


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