Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Ricketson Theater

Veins of the Amazon, Directors Terje Toomitu, Alvaro Sarmiento, & Diego Sarmiento. In the Peruvian Amazon, the main means of transport for goods and people since the time of the rubber boom and the infamous adventures of Fitzcarraldo are the ferries navigating the majestic Amazon River. Today the ferries bear products from the global market place in exchange for “exotic” goods from the jungle. Yet the ferries also form a distinct space of transition for the travelers taking a journey…