Brazil: Life and Death on the River | Deadliest Journeys

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Published 2024-01-08
Amazonia, a huge territory where life can be uncompromisingly difficult. In its dense forests and intricate water systems, riberinhos, or river dwellers, cross paths with the garimpeiros, gold hunters. Riberinhos eke out a living from the boats that ply the rivers. Paddling out to meet the river traffic in small homemade canoes, they risk death by trying to fasten onto the often fast-moving boats. Remarkably, many are children, aged as young as five, who try and sell jungle delicacies for a few pennies to passengers and crew. Often, their families depend on them to make ends meet. Jesse’s family, for example. The 14-year-old youngster learned how to swim and handle a canoe almost before he could walk. Jesse turned to crime, in a desperate attempt to escape grinding poverty, and was shot and killed by a crewmember on board a barge he was trying to rob. A moving insight into the misery and frustration of those whom society has virtually abandoned. Elsewhere in the jungle, a woodsman recently found a small nugget of gold at a place called Eldorado Do Juma. It sparked a frenzy of gold fever Brazil hadn’t witnessed for more than 30 years. Young and old, experienced prospectors and tyros, flocked in their thousands to this remote corner of Amazonia to seek their fortunes. With them came shops, restaurants, even brothels, as man’s desire for riches turned virgin jungle into a virtual battleground. Few have found gold, and the slum-like conditions in which more than 10,000 people now live is a festering breeding ground for malaria and violence.
All Comments (21)
  • @zohar27
    Até eu que sou brasileiro fiquei triste por eles, na verdade eu não tinha muita noção dessa realidade que acontece lá pro norte do país, esse vídeo me faz ser grato por tudo que tenho, não é muito mas é o suficiente 😢
  • @premierLTV.513
    Jessé um bravo menino brasileiro, não viveu o bastante mais me comoveu com poucos minutos de sua vida através deste documentario.😢
  • @juniornogueira1713
    A pior coisa é perceber pelas imagens que o documentario é antigo mas a realidade em 2024 continua a mesma na regiao.
  • @rodrigomassuda2636
    O PIOR DE TUDO É AS PESSOAS QUE COMPRAM CHORAR PELO VALOR DO PRODUTO, SENDO QUE O RISCO QUE ELES CORREM É GRANDE.. BRASIL NÉ MEUS AMIGOS, BRASILLL!
  • @dblaze4745
    Watching these kids make me cry👍❤️💕... Excellent video.
  • @patriciasantos4700
    Sinceramente é muito triste como brasileira me sinto envergonhada por essas pessoas sofrerem tanto diante dessas situações um povo totalmente esquecido 💔
  • @OmegaSinister
    Wow, I was not expecting that ending for Jesse. That shit caught me off-guard. Saddest documentary I've ever seen
  • @michellestlicitra9105
    What an excellent story. I really enjoyed listening to them speaking Portuguese. Viva Brasil 🇧🇷 May God protect and help these folks, happy with so little 😢♥️!
  • @FreshtexBlackman
    Jesse died due to his circumstances, very sad indeed, I wish his family had a better life. :eyes-purple-crying:
  • @nickiewilson9134
    Prayers to you all you beautiful people, may all your dreams come true. Thanks for sharing ❤ 🇨🇦 🍁
  • @alexandreleal9209
    Esse documentário tem mais de 10 anos. Apesar de antigo, ainda retrata bem a situação daquela região.
  • @jsmith704
    These kids of the boat are amazing.. this is the life on a river. Great documentary
  • @edersouza433
    Tristeza, tão jovem e com uma seriedade tão grande nas palavras, não pode ser criança...
  • @hkcc7472
    Sou Brasileiro, já sabia que pessoas viviam assim , mais esse documentário comoveu muito, algumas historias triste, sou grato a Deus por tudo que eu tenho, aqui no Sul do Brasil , vivemos muito bem, corta o coração
  • @VilitatiBatikota-oo8jo
    Thank you for your help capt santos sir.god will watch over you and your families for helping these children sir.thank you from the south pacific seas.
  • @ElvinLobo-kq8wj
    La vida en latinoamerica es dificil, las personas se esfuerzan para salir adelante cada dia ,que dios bendiga estas personas de Brazil 🇧🇷 y de todo el mundo
  • @SiriusGlow7
    Sometimes, we complain because we think that life has been incredibly unfair to us. Until you see these kids on the river. This is a close second or third after the VICE documentary of the kids living in graveyards in the Philippines. Whatever you experience, stay grateful, and remember that it's a phase and someone else has had it way worse.
  • @Bubblesrv81
    This was good… Thank you for sharing. RIP Jessie 😢