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ONEWORLD The Emerald Forest

on BBC Two England

John Boorman 's powerful examination ot the clash of two cultures, starring
Powers Boothe
Charley Boorman
In this dramatic and exotic adventure set in the Amazon rainforest, the son of an American engineer is kidnapped by a tribe of Indians known as the "invisible people". His father searches for him for ten years, eventually finding a very changed young man adopted by a tribe with a mystical relationship with nature. But their survival is threatened by "civilised" man's continual destruction of the rainforest.
Based on the true story of a Peruvian engineer whose son was taken by a band of Indians in the 1960s, John Boorman 's own son, Charley, plays the young boy kidnapped by the "invisible people".
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Boorman
Unknown:
Powers Boothe
Unknown:
Charley Boorman
Unknown:
John Boorman
Bill Markham:
Powers Boothe
Tomme:
Charley Boorman
Jean Markham:
Meg Foster
Heather:
Estee Chandler
Kachiri:
Dira Paes
Uwe Werner:
Eduardo Conde
Wanadi:
Rui Polonah
Ulura:
Maria Helena Velasco
Padre Leduc:
Ariel Coelho
Perreira:
Peter Marinker
Costa:
Mario Borges
Caya:
Tetchie Agbayani
Mapi:
Paulo Vinicius
Samanpo:
Aloisio Flores

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