American tourists at SpiritQuest Sanctuary, a medicine lodge in Peru, share their thoughts about the traditional medicine ayahuasca, and their motivations for drinking it. Don Howard Lawler, founder of SpiritQuest, describes ayahuasca and its beneficial effects, as do the filmmakers themselves.

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...
The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art...
Documentary about the most popular music of the Andes -- Huayno music -- and explores the lives of t...

In 2019, the Brazilian government coordinates the largest and riskiest expedition of the last decade...

Discovered about twenty years ago, the immense masses of water vapor that fly over the Amazon, calle...

Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of José Maria Ko...

Brazilian documentary short about the life of Edna — actress of Iracema.

Every two weeks, the world loses a language and with it, a piece of human history. Ese Eja is one of...

Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed...

This documentary explores an unknown civilization of the Brazilian Amazon, who risk their lives to p...

Tucked away in northern Indiana, the city of Peru, Indiana is the circus capitol of the world. Thous...

Colorful widescreen travelogue along the Amazon River jungle of Peru, featuring an indigenous villag...

Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia fights to protect tribal lands despite assassination attempts. Her stru...

The neon sign ‘Circus’ illuminates the wide street of Naples’ suburbs: four circus families were aba...

Go up-river and deep into the jungle far from Brazil's cities and stadiums, where families of giant ...

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...
This documentary introduces viewers to qigong, a 5,000-year-old method of cultivating and circulatin...