Amazon is a 1997 American short documentary film directed by Kieth Merrill. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[3]
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| Directed by | Kieth Merrill |
| Written by | Kieth Merrill Loren McIntyre |
| Produced by | Kieth Merrill Isaac Palmer Jonathan Stern |
| Narrated by | Linda Hunt |
| Cinematography | Mike Hoover |
| Edited by | Stephen L. Johnson |
| Music by | Alan Williams[1] |
| Distributed by | MacGillivray Freeman Films |
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Running time | 38 minutes [2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Summary
editThe film features ethnobiologist Mark Plotkin, who discusses the role of rainforest conservation and the benefits of investigating it further in the interest of medical and scientific knowledge.[4][5]