1984, 22 minutes
Produced, Directed, Photographed & Edited by Andrew Young
Field Coordinator Russell Mittermeier
Produced in association with World Wildlife Fund - US
Music by Ted Kuhn
Broadcast on National Geographic Explorer, TBS

 

Awards
Special Merit Award, International Wildlife Film Festival

 


Amazonia is home to numerous tree frogs

 


A howler monkey

 


Giant river otters

 


Madre de dios River

 


The ocelot, a small jungle cat

 

 
Set in the Peruvian Amazon, this film presents a kaleidoscope of tropical species, from giant otters to tiny tree frogs.

It serves as an excellent introduction to the diversity of life in a tropical forest, as well as some of the human threats to this diversity.

Amazonia was chosen by the MacArthur Foundation's Library Project as the best short film on this subject and is available at over 2,000 public libraries nationwide.