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When Two Worlds Collide

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

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times 09/16/2016
"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. Go to Full Review David Ehrlich IndieWire 08/18/2016
B
A strikingly present documentary debut that traces how the friction between a government and its people can metastasize into a dangerous state of insurgency. Go to Full Review Farran Smith Nehme New York Post 08/18/2016
2.5/4
The importance of the issues is what carries the film along. Go to Full Review Elias Savada Film International 03/12/2017
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Cinencuentro 10/25/2016
3.5/4
A relevant documentary with a view as objective as possible, allowing the audience to generate their own opinions. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Ray Pride Newcity 10/12/2016
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 Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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greg r @itsgregsworld 04/18/2017 About as good a documentary as can be made. See more Read all reviews
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Heidi Brandenburg

Director

Mathew Orzel

Director

Alberto Pizango

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Taira Akbar

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H. Scott Salinas

Actor

Jennifer Davisson Killoran

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Movie Info

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