:05:04
Lumber and oil interests are encroaching
on this part of the forest as well.
:05:19
The Amazon jungle is disappearing fast.
:05:22
Every month,
8,000 square miles are cut down.
:05:25
At the present rate,
by the year 2010...
:05:28
the entire Amazon basin
will be cleared.
:05:42
The ongoing invasion of thejungle
has made the Aguaruna Indians...
:05:45
see every stranger as a threat.
:05:47
But Herzog assures them
that he's not moving in permanently...
:05:51
and the local Aguarunas
agree to let him shoot.
:05:54
Herzog needs Indians
as actors and laborers...
:05:56
and the Aguarunas
agree to that as well.
:06:32
From the start...
:06:35
- they never considered
that the communities here...
:06:38
Had their own authorities.
:06:40
They never respected
the organizations that are here.
:06:43
Although Herzog has reached
an agreement with the local Aguarunas...
:06:47
he soon finds himself tangled
in a complicated power struggle.
:06:51
A newly formed tribal council
from downriver...
:06:53
is trying to establish political leadership
for all the Indian communities in the area.
:06:57
The council members see Herzog's film
as a perfect opportunity to cement their position.