Amazomania
Film screening and post-screening conversation
A thirst for exploration and selfish ambition collide with concern for the Indigenous people in the pursuit of the ultimate jungle adventure.
Amazomania 6.november 17:00 Det kritiske rom: An adventure with a colonial aftertaste.
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About the film:
An impressive new film from the director behind Greta, the documentary about Greta Thunberg. In 1996, an expedition led by Swedish journalist Erling Söderström ventured into the Amazon to make contact with the isolated and myth-shrouded Korubo people. The grainy VHS footage from the 1990s occasionally calls to mind Werner Herzog’s masterpiece Aguirre, the Wrath of God.
Ever since that momentous first encounter, Söderström has dreamed of returning to the Korubo people. But when the ageing adventurer makes his way back to the Amazon, he receives a very different welcome from the one he expected.
Amazomania 6.november 17:00 Det kritiske rom: An adventure with a colonial aftertaste
After the screening of Amazomania, we’ll meet director Nathan Grossman online. He’ll talk about how the film was made and how he came into contact with Erling Söderström, whom we meet in the film. What were Grossman’s own thoughts about filming the Korubo people again, and what message does he hope audiences will take away?
The conversation will be in English. BUY TICKETS HERE (https://www.vegascene.no/film/EDI20260979)
Panel participant:
- Nathan Grossman – Award-winning Swedish documentary filmmaker. He is best known for Greta, his 2020 documentary about Greta Thunberg, and Climate in Therapy from 2025. Amazomania is his latest film as a director.
Venue: Vega Scene, Hausmanns gate 28, 0182 Oslo
