As valuable wood like mahogany quickly disappears all across the Peruvian Amazon, confrontations between illegal loggers and "isolated" people are accelerating in the last pockets of ... See full summary
Flechas y motosierras (2005) Online
- Original Title :
- Flechas y motosierras
- Genre :
- Movie
- Year :
- 2005
- Directror :
- Isabel Sande Frandsen,Adam M. Goldstein
- Writer :
- Isabel Sande Frandsen,Adam M. Goldstein
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 47min
- Rating :
- 6.5/10
As valuable wood like mahogany quickly disappears all across the Peruvian Amazon, confrontations between illegal loggers and "isolated" people are accelerating in the last pockets of pristine rainforest in the Department of Madre de Dios. In Southeastern Peru on a state reserve for "people in voluntary isolation," deaths from poison arrows are easy to document, yet it is unclear how many "uncontacted", nomadic people have died from shotgun blasts and contact with outsiders because of their lack of immunity to disease. Chainsaws and Arrows gives a glimpse into a complex struggle for the rights to the last of this wilderness. From the unchecked invasion of protected territory, to extreme poverty and social injustice, this investigation by Isabel Sande Frandsen and Adam M. Goldstein uncovers a web of corruption that stretches from the upper reaches of the Las Piedras and Tahuamanu Rivers all the way to the Congress in Lima.