Dizzy Gillespie narrates a rainforest fever dream in 10 perfect minutes.
Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.
Direction
Faith Hubley's hand-drawn chaos—no two frames look alike.
Score
Gillespie's trumpet wails like the forest itself is screaming.
Production
Made in 1990, looks like it time-traveled from 2070.
Director
Faith Hubley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Faith Hubley completed this during her late-career renaissance after decades of commercial work with husband John; Amazonia was her solo ecological scream.
The three myths are woven from Yanomami, Tukano, and Shipibo-Conibo traditions—Hubley worked with anthropologists, though some scholars debate her interpretive liberties.
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