''Amazon'' is a 1997 American

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directed by

Kieth Merrill Kieth W. Merrill (born May 22, 1940) is an American filmmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Directors Guild of America ...

. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

Summary

The film features ethnobiologist

Mark Plotkin Mark J. Plotkin (born May 21, 1955) is an ethnobotanist and a plant explorer in the Neotropics, where he is an expert on rainforest ecosystems. Plotkin is an advocate for tropical rainforest conservation and host of Plants of the Gods: Hallucinog ...

, who discusses the role of rainforest conservation and the benefits of investigating it further in the interest of medical and scientific knowledge.IMAX'S 'AMAZON' CAPTURES THE FOREST.-Free Online Library
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1997 films 1997 documentary films 1997 independent films 1990s short documentary films 1990s English-language films American independent films American short documentary films Films directed by Kieth Merrill Documentary films about nature Films set in the Amazon MacGillivray Freeman Films films IMAX documentary films 1990s American films