SYNOPSIS
Set in Brazil, John Boorman’s The Emerald Forest is the search of one man for his kidnapped seven year old son taken by a tribe of Amazon Indians. Ten years later, he finally locates his son and discovers that the boy’s way of life is far superior to his own and that the dam he is working on will destroy the tribe’s way of life. He must also help protect the tribe from an enemy tribe that kidnaps young women and sells them to white traders. An exciting action-adventure movie, The Emerald Forest also highlights the issues of the continuing destruction of the Amazonian Rain Forest.