Amazon (1997 film)

Amazon is a 1997 American short documentary film directed by Kieth Merrill. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.^[3]

Amazon
Film poster
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
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	38 minutes [2]
Country	United States
Language	English

Summary

The 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]