Documentary
An enigmatic presence haunts the depths of the Amazon rainforest, where an indigenous Achuar teenager has disappeared. During the search for the young man, his family decides to consult with a Shaman, who, immersed in trance, reveals that the young man was taken by the devil, but that he has intervened by showing him the way back to his home. While waiting for his return, secrets of the rainforest and Amazonian visions of life after death are touched, vanishing the documentary filmmaker’s concepts of reality.
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SIMILAR MOVIES
Amazon
Anaconda: Giant Snake of the Amazon
Amazonie, les murmures de la forêt
La voz del huito
River of Gold
Genesis
Léa & I
Big River Man
Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
Burden of Dreams
The Last Forest
Don Emilio and His Little Doctors
Santiago's Path: Disappearance and Death of Santiago Maldonado
The Shaman & Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms
The Last Shaman
Parasisi
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Metamorphosis
Woven Songs of the Amazon
Aya: Awakenings
SIMILAR MOVIES
Amazon
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 1997
Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX experience. Amazon celebrates the beauty, vitality and wonder of the rapidly disappearing rain forest.Anaconda: Giant Snake of the Amazon
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1999
No animal in the Amazon is more feared and more respected than the 'spirit of the river' - The AnacondaAmazonie, les murmures de la forêt
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2023
La voz del huito
IMDB 0 | May , 2023
Luis Tayori is an indigenous Harakbut descendant whose origins trace back to the depths of the Peruvian jungle. Years after the first contact with Dominican missionaries, Luis recounts the memories of his childhood and those of his grandparents.River of Gold
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2016
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru's Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle. What will be the fate of this critical region of priceless biodiversity as these extraordinarily beautiful forests are turned into a hellish wasteland?Genesis
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2004
An African narrator tells the story of earth history, the birth of the universe and evolution of life. Beautiful imagery makes this movie documentary complete.Léa & I
IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 2019
Best friends travel though Latin America meeting shamans, experimenting with plant medicines, and wondering about what makes a life well-lived when one of them might have half the time to live it.Big River Man
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 2009
Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed as the world's longest swim.Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1978
Part documentary/part dramatization, this film details several of the highest-profile unsolved cases of disappearances, mysterious changes in personality and other strange occurrences related to the Bermuda Triangle.Burden of Dreams
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1982
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.The Last Forest
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2021
In powerful images, alternating between documentary observation and staged sequences, and dense soundscapes, Luiz Bolognesi documents the Indigenous community of the Yanomami and depicts their threatened natural environment in the Amazon rainforest.Don Emilio and His Little Doctors
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1982
Don Emilio is a humble, 63-year-old man who lives in the Amazon rainforest, seven miles from the city of Iquitos, Peru. For all of his adult life he has worked as a curandero and vegetalista, a traditional healer. He estimates that in his career he has treated more than 2,500 clients. Through the camera lens of anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna, Don Emilio tells us about his practice, his beliefs, his community, and his life. He shows us how he prepares ayahuasca and other herbal medicines. Finally, we see Don Emilio treat a man who has come to him for help, and hear from a poor woman who has brought her infant son for medical care.Santiago's Path: Disappearance and Death of Santiago Maldonado
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2018
Santiago Maldonado disappeared in the midst of repression against a Mapuche community that claimed to Luciano Benetton for his land. His body was found 78 days later. The need for truth and justice continuesThe Shaman & Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms
IMDB 4 | Jan , 2010
Filmed in the jungles of Peru, shaman Don Jose Campos introduces the practices and benefits of Ayahuasca, the psychoactive plant brew that has been used for healing and visionary journeys by Amazonian shamans for at least a thousand years.The Last Shaman
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2017
James, giving himself 12 months before he has "a license to kill himself," sets off to the Amazon rainforest with hopes of finding a shaman who can save his life.Parasisi
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
On the border of Surinam and French Guyana, indigenous Wayana territory is overrun by intruders. Illegal gold miners poison the river, missionaries repress indigenous identity, and even doctors with the best intentions leave marks that are often silently violent. The Wayana call these intruders Parasisi.The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2004
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic vision? Now viewers will be able to find out firsthand what fuels The Sixth Sense director's seemingly supernatural creativity as filmmakers interview Shyamalan as well as the cast and crew members who have worked most closely with him over the years. Discover the early events that shaped the mind of a future master of suspense in a documentary that is as fascinating as it is revealing.Metamorphosis
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2009
Hamilton Souther is the founder of Blue Morpho Tours, a company that caters to ayahuasca tourists in the Peruvian Amazon. Souther talks about the events that led him to Amazonian shamanism. Five first-time ayahuasca drinkers on a nine-day retreat with Blue Morpho relate their experiences.Woven Songs of the Amazon
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2007
The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called kené. These patterns also have corresponding songs, called icaros, which are integral to the Shipibo way of life. This documentary explores these unique art forms, and one Shipibo family's efforts to safeguard the tradition.Aya: Awakenings
IMDB 5 | Apr , 2013
Aya: Awakenings' is an experiential journey by journalist Rak Razam into the world and visions of ayahuasca, a powerful hallucinogenic plant medicine from the Amazon, capturing the experience and the western dynamic around it in unprecedented detail.