When Two Worlds Collide

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When Two Worlds Collide

2016

1h 43m

Documentary

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An indigenous environmental activist takes on the large businesses that are destroying the Amazon.

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

"When Two Worlds Collide" has a breathless urgency to it, even if its structuring of events feels a bit ramshackle, and the directness of its environmental warnings feel no different than a thousand other message docs.

Sep 16, 2016

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

A strikingly present documentary debut that traces how the friction between a government and its people can metastasize into a dangerous state of insurgency.

Rated: B

Aug 18, 2016

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

The importance of the issues is what carries the film along.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 18, 2016

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Elias Savada

Film International

Much like the Native American struggles in the United States, the film focuses on the battle for truth, justice, and the South American way by Peru's ethnic citizens.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 12, 2017

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Cinencuentro

A relevant documentary with a view as objective as possible, allowing the audience to generate their own opinions. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/4

Oct 25, 2016

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel's crisp, brisk When Two Worlds Collide captures the 2009 confrontation between Peru's president Alan Garcia, hailing from the elites, and indigenous activists who intend to preserve their Amazonian rainforest hom

Oct 12, 2016

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greg r

About as good a documentary as can be made.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Heidi Brandenburg

Director

Mathew Orzel

Director

Alberto Pizango

Actor

Taira Akbar

Actor

H. Scott Salinas

Actor

Jennifer Davisson Killoran

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

An indigenous environmental activist takes on the large businesses that are destroying the Amazon.

Director: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel
Producer: Taira Akbar, Heidi Brandenburg
Distributor: First Run Features
Production Co: First Run Features, Yachaywasi Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 17, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 16, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.4K
Runtime: 1h 43m

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