Fire on the Amazon
1993 film by Luis Llosa
Fire on the Amazon is a 1993 American-Peruvian adventure drama film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Craig Sheffer and Sandra Bullock.
Plot
American magazine photojournalism RJ O'Brien arrives in Bolivia's Amazon basin to write a story about the rainforest. From his contact Chato, he learns of the efforts by Rafael Santos, the charismatic leader of the rubber tree tappers union, to lead a nonviolent resistance against corporate cattle ranchers. After numerous death threats, Santos is killed at his family home, seemingly by an indigenous assassin. Chato explains, it's the "Indians against rubber tappers, tappers against Indians, cattle ranchers against both," while the land is being bought up with "big money". The community rises up in protest at Santos' funeral procession, conducted by father Benacio. Santos' daughter Gloria tells O'Brien she saw a policeman, when her father was killed. After meeting the environmental activist, Alyssa Rothman from the Rainforest Preservation Society, O'Brien follows Alyssa and her associate Sandra to a meeting at the home of Mr. Lucavida where father Benacio and the community are gathered to discuss events. Having arrived uninvited, O'Brien is shown the door.
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