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Toroboro: The Name of the Plants(2024)
Status: Released
Date: 2024-09-12
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Time: 1h 43m
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A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the last remaining forests where the isolated Huaoranis still live, who to this day refuse to come into contact with civilization.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Brazil,
Ecuador
ProductionCompanies:
La Maquinita
Avoa Filmes
Movie: Toroboro: The Name of the Plants
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A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the last remaining forests where the isolated Huaoranis still live, who to this day refuse to come into contact with civilization.
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2024-09-12
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