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Lost Cities of the Amazon
6.0 / 10• 2008• 45m•NR• English
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
Over the centuries, explorers traded tales of a lost civilization amid the dense Amazonian rainforest. Scientists dismissed the legends as exaggerations, believing that the rainforest could not sustain such a huge population—until now. A new generation of explorers armed with 21st-century technology has uncovered remarkable evidence that could reinvent our understanding of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who lived there. Using CGI and dramatic re-creations, National Geographic re-imagines the banks of the Amazon 500 years ago, teeming with inhabitants living in the Lost Cities of the Amazon.
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Philip J. Day's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lost Cities of the Amazon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
