Documentary backdrop image for Amazomania (2026)

Documentary backdrop image for Amazomania (2026)

202693 minPGdocumentary

Amazomania

202693 minPGdocumentary

In 1996, Brazilian official José Carlos Carvalho and Swedish journalist Johan Persson documented the Korubo tribe in the Amazon, revealing the lasting impacts of colonialism.

Genres

Director

Nathan Grossman

Synopsis

In 1996, Brazilian official José Carlos Carvalho and Swedish journalist Johan Persson documented the Korubo tribe in the Amazon, revealing the lasting impacts of colonialism.

People

Nathan Grossman

Nathan Grossmandirector

Synopsis

In 1996, a Brazilian official and a Swedish journalist ventured into the Amazon to document the isolated Korubo tribe caught in escalating land conflicts. Initially hailed as a heroic breakthrough, the footage now demands to be reexamined. Uncovering the hidden costs of “discovery,” the film confronts the colonial legacy and exposes the long-term repercussions for the Korubo.

Awards & Festivals

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

A real anthropological Heart Of Darkness - Secrets of the Tribe - True Story Documentary Channel (2021)

A real anthropological Heart Of Darkness - Secrets of the Tribe - True Story Documentary Channel

In the Amazon, the Yanomami tribe's encounter with anthropologists like Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot led to cultural exploitation and devastating consequences.

A real anthropological Heart Of Darkness - Secrets of the Tribe - True Story Documentary Channel

The Amazon: Land of the Lost Tribes (2025)

The Amazon: Land of the Lost Tribes

In the Amazon rainforest along the Ecuador-Peru border, Géraud Burin des Rosiers engages with the Huaorani Indians, participating in traditional hunting and shamanic rituals.

The Amazon: Land of the Lost Tribes

First Contact with An Isolated Amazonian Tribe (2023)

First Contact with An Isolated Amazonian Tribe

In June 2014, an isolated Amazonian tribe made contact with the outside world for the first time, highlighting the cultural significance and preservation of their unique way of life.

First Contact with An Isolated Amazonian Tribe

Reveals devastating gold rush sites - True Story Documentary Channel (2021)

Reveals devastating gold rush sites - True Story Documentary Channel

In Amazonia, the ongoing gold rush, highlighted by activists Raoni Metuktire and Marco Arana, poses severe threats to indigenous communities and the environment.

Reveals devastating gold rush sites - True Story Documentary Channel

The Amazon, Brazil - Threatened (2025)

The Amazon, Brazil - Threatened

In the Amazon, indigenous communities face violence and intimidation from illegal loggers and prospectors, with environmental activists often targeted for their resistance.

The Amazon, Brazil - Threatened

Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds (2024)

Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds

In the Brazilian Amazon, the Guajajara tribe's "Guardians of the Forest" confronts illegal logging and environmental crime while federal agents employ advanced technologies to protect indigenous territories.

Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds

Exploring the Amazon forest with the Huaorani tribe (2022)

Exploring the Amazon forest with the Huaorani tribe

Huaorani tribe members in Ecuador's Amazon forest face increasing threats from deforestation and oil companies, highlighting the urgent need for conservation efforts.

Exploring the Amazon forest with the Huaorani tribe

Killing For Gold In Brazil: Gangs Target Indigenous Activists (2023)

Killing For Gold In Brazil: Gangs Target Indigenous Activists

In the Amazon, Indigenous activists face violence and intimidation from gangs and illegal businesses seeking to exploit their ancestral lands for gold and oil.

Killing For Gold In Brazil: Gangs Target Indigenous Activists

Murder in the Amazon : Part 2/2 (2012)

Murder in the Amazon : Part 2/2

Married environmental activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro and Maria do Espirito Santo were murdered in the Amazon, highlighting the violent struggle over land and resources.

Murder in the Amazon : Part 2/2

Murder in the Amazon : Part 1/2 (2012)

Murder in the Amazon : Part 1/2

Married environmental activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro and Maria do Espirito Santo were murdered in the Amazon, highlighting the violent struggle over land and resources.

Murder in the Amazon : Part 1/2

Explore Amazomania

Browse more like this

The Amazon: Land of the Lost Tribes (2025)

The Amazon: Land of the Lost Tribes

In the Amazon rainforest along the Ecuador-Peru border, Géraud Burin des Rosiers engages with the Huaorani Indians, participating in traditional hunting and shamanic rituals.

The Amazon: Land of the Lost Tribes

No digital watch option in your country

The Amazon, Brazil - Threatened (2025)

The Amazon, Brazil - Threatened

In the Amazon, indigenous communities face violence and intimidation from illegal loggers and prospectors, with environmental activists often targeted for their resistance.

The Amazon, Brazil - Threatened

No digital watch option in your country

Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds (2024)

Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds

In the Brazilian Amazon, the Guajajara tribe's "Guardians of the Forest" confronts illegal logging and environmental crime while federal agents employ advanced technologies to protect indigenous territories.

Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Brazil: Jungle Battlegrounds

No digital watch option in your country

Killing For Gold In Brazil: Gangs Target Indigenous Activists (2023)

Killing For Gold In Brazil: Gangs Target Indigenous Activists

In the Amazon, Indigenous activists face violence and intimidation from gangs and illegal businesses seeking to exploit their ancestral lands for gold and oil.

Killing For Gold In Brazil: Gangs Target Indigenous Activists

No digital watch option in your country

First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon (2016)

First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon

2016•49m•★7.1TMDB

Isolated for years, an indigenous tribe in the Amazon makes contact with the outside world for the first time.

First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon

Secrets of the Tribe (2010)

Secrets of the Tribe

2010•1h38m•★6.9TMDB

The Yanomami tribe in the Amazon has faced significant disruption and conflict due to the extensive research conducted by Western anthropologists since the 1960s.

Secrets of the Tribe

The Invention of the Other (2022)

The Invention of the Other

2022•2h25m•★8.0TMDB

A 145-minute expedition into the Amazon rainforest aims to connect with isolated indigenous people facing severe vulnerability.

The Invention of the Other

Apaporis: In Search of One River (2012)

Apaporis: In Search of One River

2012•1h12m•★10.0TMDB

Richard Evans Schultes, an ethnobotanist, traveled through the Colombian Amazon, documenting biodiversity and indigenous cultures along the Apaporis River.

Apaporis: In Search of One River

Amazon Unknown (2013)

Amazon Unknown

2013•1h15m•★7.5TMDB

In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous Peoples' National Conference participants discuss land rights and environmental issues amid conflicts over resources and human activities.

Into the Amazon (2018)

Into the Amazon

2018•1h54m•★7.8TMDB

A 1,000-mile expedition into the Amazon rainforest tests the limits of President Theodore Roosevelt and Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon in 1914.

Into the Amazon

Curse of Akakor (2019)

Curse of Akakor

2019•42m•★8.5TMDB

Three explorers vanished in the 1980s while searching for the mythical cities of Akakor and Akahim in the Amazon jungle.

Curse of Akakor

El Sendero de la Anaconda (2019)

El Sendero de la Anaconda

2019•1h14m•★5.8TMDB

Two indigenous tribes, the Matsés and the Yawanawá, maintain traditional practices in the Amazon rainforest despite pressures from modernization.

El Sendero de la Anaconda

Amazon Journal (1995)

Amazon Journal

1995•1h•★7.0TMDB

Six years of events, starting with the assassination of Chico Mendes in 1988 and concluding with a return to Yanomami Territory in 1995, are documented.

Browse more by Nathan Grossman

View all films →

Climate in Therapy (2025)

Climate in Therapy

2025

I Am Greta (2020)

I Am Greta

2020

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →