Amazon / produced and directed by Nia Dryhurst ; produced by Green Bay Media for S4C and France 5 in association with Barcud Derwen ; produced and directed by Amanda Rees.

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"Stretching over 4,000 miles across South America, the Amazon River has long defied human efforts to tame it. Not a single bridge crosses it, and not one dam halts its flow. This program visits urban centers on the banks of the Amazon and examines new attempts to harness-or exploit - the river's ene...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rivers and life.
Corporate Authors:	Green Bay Media (Firm) S4C (Firm) France 5. Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors:	Rees, Amanda
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English and Portuguese with English subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Published:	Hamilton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2009], ©2009.
Series:	Rivers and life.
Subjects:	Rain forests > Amazon River Region. Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Region. Amazon River. Amazon River Region. Amazon River Region > Economic conditions. Iquitos (Peru) Manaus (Brazil) Belém (Brazil) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films.
Genre:	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Amazon River : pristine and unprotected.
Format:	Video DVD

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