Equatorial River

198722 min 33 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Bruce MackayWilliam Hansen

Production: Dennis SawyerBruce Mackay

Script: William Hansen

This documentary film focuses on the Amazon River basin's tropical rain forest, the largest and most spectacular of its kind in the world. In it, millions of years of evolution have created a profusion of flora and fauna unrivalled elsewhere on Earth. The film shows the wealth of plant species and the extraordinary varieties of fauna that are bound in intricate webs of co-evolution with the river and the rain forest, and the aboriginal peoples who live attuned to their surroundings. A timely film, given the heightening controversy over the massive encroachments that are endangering this area.

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Subject categories


  • Environment and Conservation > Developing CountriesFreshwaters and MarshlandsRain Forests
  • Plants > EcosystemsTrees and Forests
  • Developing Countries > Environment and ConservationSouth America

Credits


director
Bruce Mackay
William Hansen
producer
Dennis Sawyer
Bruce Mackay
script
William Hansen
cinematography
David De Volpi
sound
Richard Nichol
editing
Bruce Mackay
sound editing
Bill Graziadei
re-recording
Hans Peter Strobl
narrator
Vlasta Vrana
music
Neil Smolar

Awards


  • Silver Apple Award - Category: History and Geography / Grades 4-6National Educational Media Network Competition