Silvino Santos
2021
No País das Amazonas
Silvino Santos, Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo
"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.
In the Land of the Amazons
Filmogrammas nº 7
Silvino Santos
Silvino Santos
It tells of the filmmaker Silvino Santos' trip to Portugal in 1927, five years after he made "No Paiz das Amazonas". He also inserts footage in the state of Amazonas, such as children playing on the Madeira River, duck hunters, duck preparation for dinner, and scenes of Parintintins Indians.
Filmogrammas nº 7
