Into the Jungle (2018)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 32M
Director : Mark Hanlin
Sinopse
Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree kangaroo from extinction and ended up providing water and sanitation to ten thousand people in one of the most remote places on earth.
O experiente mergulhador Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) já tinha explorado as cavernas do South Pacific Esa anteriormente, mas uma tempestade tropical forçou que ele e sua equipe, que inclui seu filho Josh (Rhys Wakefield) e o economista Carl (Ioan Gruffudd), alterasse a rota de saída em direção ao mar, fazendo com que eles fossem mais fundo por dentro de um labirinto de cavernas subaquáticas para sobreviver. Mas eles não têm muito tempo e a dúvida é saber se conseguirão sobreviver para contar esta história.
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James Krippendorf é um professor de antropologia viúvo, que tinha recebido uma verba para encontrar a última tribo da Nova Guiné. James fracassa em seu projeto e, com a morte da esposa, que o deixou muito abatido além de ter agora três crianças para cuidar sozinho, acaba gastando todo o dinheiro. Ao invés de admitir que fracassou, ele relata que encontrou a tribo perdida dos "Shelmikedmu". Assim ele se vê obrigado a fantasiar sua família como se fossem membros desta tribo desconhecida e filmá-los como prova de sua "descoberta".
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