The Amazon: an immense territory, very difficult living conditions... It is one of the last lands of adventure on the planet. Between the jungle and the rivers, the riberinhos, the local residents, and the garimpeiros, the gold diggers meet there.

00:00 “Ribeirinhos” often have no legal existence. They subsist on trade with passing ships. On board canoes, they cling to the sides of these ships. Some canoeists, children aged 5 to 15, roam the boats to sell some jungle products, in exchange for a handful of reals.
05:28 Some businesses support whole families. Like that of Jesse, 14 years old. He knew how to swim and maneuver a canoe before walking.

06:34 In the Amazon, everything goes through the river, whether people or goods.
16:33 Other locals come looking for treasures in the Amazon rainforest, like in Eldorado Do Juma, where there was the biggest gold rush Brazil has seen in 20 years
21:19 A slum has emerged as a result of this migration, in this town small businesses, bars, restaurants and brothels have appeared. Men, women or children, All roam the forest. With its difficult living conditions, the area is beginning to be plagued by malaria and violence.

35:21 Some children in canoes are not even old enough to cling to boats, they are forced to beg for passengers on board.
38:23 Some pirates imitate children in canoes to attack boats
40:25 Tribute from his family and other boatmen for Jesse, the 14-year-old boatman who was shot dead by the crew of a barge he was trying to attack.
46:20 Other kids hunt forest animals to survive