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Well, hello! Thanks for stopping by to read my opinions about movies that I see. Some are older and most are new. Some I go to see in the theaters (both live performances and movies) and some I watch from the comfort of my own couch and even more, I will watch from the amazing Netflix app. Of course, these will be my personal thoughts about the targeted item, however, it will give you an idea of whether it's a colossal waste of time or worth a shot!

Monday, September 26, 2016

First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 23 February 2016
     Netflix 26 September 2016
Director: Angus McQueen
Running Time: 48 Minutes
Rating? Unrated
SPOILERS? No

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.9 of 10
MY RATING: 6

STORYLINE
In this Channel 4 UK Special Documentary, anthropologists encounter several groups of UNCONTACTED people in the jungles of South America, in a preserved region on the edges of Brazil and Peru. Patiently communicating as best they can, with the help of translators who speak a dialect not too different, they learn about these peoples experiences with rubber barons and invasions in the years before. They begin to help some of them integrate into the modern world.

MY REVIEW
This documentary is striking and awkward and amazing that there are still people who live like this in the modern world that I live within. This documentary follows the discovery of 35 indigenous tribes people who first appeared in June 2014 and nine months later are now living under the protection and authority of the Brazilian government. It's crazy how easily they took the modern convenience. It's crazy that they have no concept of time. It was mentioned that they only have a counting system that goes to ten and there is no way to determine age or even how long they might live.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:
  • The understanding that we were able to gain from having the interpretation of their languages.
  • The tribe spoke of killings by rubber traders, loggers and even hunters over the years that have made them wary of trusting outsiders.
What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:
  • I'm not an anthropologist so I can only speak from opinion, but these "uncontacted" tribes seem very "dressed". I mean like window-dressing. They were way too comfortable with the idea of clothing and the white people themselves. They were distressed by the idea of someone smoking a cigarette? I just feel like that was absurd. Maybe since they were discovered, they feel more comfortable, but it just feels off to me.
  • It felt a little scripted in places.


On a more personal note..... Good day today! I am hoping that this will be the last time I have to weed and mow the back yard! So proud of myself that Is got ready and did the grocery shopping for the week!

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