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Into the Amazon | Digital Short

Filming in the Amazon

To produce Into the Amazon, the filmmaking team quite literally ventured into the Amazon. Filmmakers John Maggio and Hannah Olson offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it took to bring to life Theodore Roosevelt’s death-defying journey down an uncharted river in Brazil.

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