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| No País das Amazonas |
| Directed by |
Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos |
| Produced by |
Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo |
| Cinematography |
Silvino Santos |
| Editing by |
Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos |
| Distributed by |
J.G. Araújo Produções Cinematográficas |
| Running time |
72 minutes |
| Country |
 Brazil |
| Language |
Silent |
| IMDb profile |
No País das Amazonas is a 1922 Brazilian silent documentary film directed by Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos .
The film was notable in that it was one of the earliest to document the Amazon Rainforest on camera and present it to a wider audience[citation needed]. The films documents the local economies of the Amazonian Indians, examining production lines and workers in factories. It also shows the way of fishing life on the Amazon river, and how the locals prepare the fish for sale with salt and later on examines rubber plantations in the rainforest and how the locals make use of the natural reserves for export.
The film premiered on January 12, 1922 in Rio de Janeiro.
