Unknown Amazon with Pedro Andrade
Season 1
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Network: Vice TV
Season aired: 2021-07-13
Overview
See the real modern-day Amazonia through an exploration of the Amazon Basin, meeting a different group of people who live there in each episode.
Episodes · 6
River Hunters
Pedro travels into the heart of the Amazon to discover the changing world of the Ribeirinho, the river people of Brazil, and is invited on a terrifying search for the Black Caiman.
Into the Wild
Pedro travels to Ecuador to meet conservationists protecting wildlife from encroaching development, realizing a lifelong dream to see the Amazon Pink River Dolphin close-up.
The Gold Rush
Pedro travels to the remote Ecuadorean Amazon to see how one indigenous people are dealing with the influences of the modern world while fiercely protecting their cultural identity.
The Incident
Pedro heads to the Upper Amazon to meet local Brazilian communities, but he and his camera crew are targeted in an incident that becomes a global viral sensation.
Secrets of Survival
Pedro travels to the heart of the Upper Amazon to explore the history of racial inequality in Brazil, meeting the Quilombola people, direct descendants of escaped slaves.
The Outsider
Pedro travels to the remote Ecuadorean Amazon to see how one indigenous people are dealing with the influences of the modern world while fiercely protecting their cultural identity.
