Dark Amazon

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[Insects buzzing]

[Whimpering]

[Creature noise]

[Woman cries out]

[Music]

- [Robby] Don't people say Kleenex...

- [Jay] Isn't that the truth?

[Nikki]

Oh and band-aid?

[Robby]

And band-aid!

[Nikki]

Yeah, like, those are, those are just...

[Jay]

Sanitary bandage?

[Nikki] No, they're just adhesive

bandages or something like that.

[Jay]

Adhesive bandages.

- [Nikki] I totally made that up.

- No it's true, I think.

- [Nikki] But tissues...

- Band-aids are something else.

Sanitary bandages sound...

You getting started right away, huh, bud?

Man who loves his job. Get the

shot no matter what the cost.

[Women talking]

Yeah, you're not in

the way right there at all.

[Robby] Hang on, let me

get out of the way. Sorry.

Smell of the Amazon.

Is that what that is? I thought

it was gasoline. And cigarettes.

Oh my God. That was

a really long flight.

- All right, you ready?

- Time to get to work!

Are you guys hungry?

Should we get some food?

Yes, starving.

[Nikki] Do you think we could,

like relax the rest of the day today?

[Mina] Yeah, I just want to show you

guys around before we get to the jungle.

- [Nikki] Yeah, totally. It's perfect.

- I know.

[Mina]

There's the theater...

[Nikki] They brought

everything from Europe.

I can tell.

That's really beautiful.

[Jay] I'm really impressed that

they have power and...

- ...telephones.

- Oh my God.

- [Mina] What do you mean?

- Well, I wasn't expecting that.

[Nikki]

Wow, look at this.

[Jay] I love this market. Can we stop?

[Traffic noise]

[Indistinct talking]

Yeah, that totally makes your eyes pop.

All right. Sold.

Sold.

He's like, I'm outta here. See?

- See? Terrible right?

- Yeah.

Piranha. 3-D. Sort of.

Is that an ant?

[Nikki] Are we gonna see ants

that are actually that big?

These are way too big.

[Nikki]

Heh, heh, that's scary.

- Did you see this?

- Hate to break it up...

...but we gotta get going if we

wanna get to the boat on time.

Really? Ah, okay.

Come on.

Cracking that whip.

[Road noise]

When we get up I'll get your bag.

Oh!

[Laughs]

[Water lapping]

- We're good?

- Thanks, Jay.

[Nikki]

All right, are you guys ready?

- I guess so.

- Don't be nervous.

[Nikki]

Yeah, look at me. Ignore this.

Well, John green is really

the one responsible...

for this discovery.

He's been living in the Amazon

for the last 15 years.

When I was 12 years old, my

mother passed away of cancer.

And John raised me.

He's been a constant

inspiration to me, and really...

The reason why I went

into the research field.

I'm thrilled to work with the Brazilian

government, being Brazilian myself.

and I'm hoping this research will shed

some light into future funding

and partnership with Brazil.

Do you wanna say something

about the company?

- No, I'm good.

- You sure?

You good? That was great.

Really?

I'm the queen of the world!

Oh, man. You just out-gayed yourself.

This is our amazing producer

hard at work.

[Laughing]

You guys suck.

[John]

Mina!

Mina!

[Nikki] That must be John.

That's so cute.

Mina!

- Oh, wow, is it beautiful.

- Oh, yeah.

Mina! Oh, mina!

Have you lost some weight?

You look great!

I'm fine.

- Guys, this is John!

- Hi!

- That's Nikki.

- Hi.

- I'm Nikki. It's so nice to meet you.

- And that's Jay.

- This is Robby back here.

- Hey, how's it goin'?

- You know Ben.

- And Ben!

Hey, look it's an Amazon stair-master.

- Oh, look at the little kids!

- So cute.

[Speaking Portuguese]

This is the Paje.

He's the shaman of the village.

He's welcoming us and inviting

us to a ritual this evening.

And this is Rafael, the Paje's son and

my right-hand man here in the jungle.

My English not so good.

So, nice to meet you all.

[Greeting in Portuguese]

Hey, John what's this ritual?

Well, the ritual is for anhang,

who is a spirit protector of the forest.

This is Esteves. He's our liaison

with the Brazilian government.

He worked in the Peruvian Amazon and

he's an invaluable member of our team.

[Both speaking Portuguese]

[Mina] Hi. How are you? I'm Brazilian.

- Hi, how are you?

- My name is mina.

Esteves.

Guys be serious for 20 minutes.

- Hey, mina?

- Yeah?

They all seem kinda weird about us.

They're staring. Are you sure it's okay?

Oh, yeah, they just get

a little cautious about outsiders...

Are you sure?

- Yeah, they'll be fine.

- Okay.

[Mina]

And I'm sorry about Ben.

[Nikki]

Yeah! Is everything okay with you two?

He's just very stressed out.

He's, um...

His last clinical trial didn't go

so well. But, don't say anything.

No, of course not. Are you guys okay?

- We're fine. Yes.

- Okay.

Just try to shoot around him.

He's not crazy about it.

Yeah, of course.

- Jay's gonna Mike you.

- Okay.

Just keep it on at all times okay?

Okay, what else? Oh, did you

bring your camera?

- I think so, yeah.

- Okay, cool.

I want you to do some

video diaries at night.

What is that?

Um, like, literally a diary

into the camera.

Just talk about, you know,

like, your feelings

or your thoughts about what's happened.

- Is this a reality...

- No, it's not reality.

No, I think it'll give it a more

intimate feel to the doc, you know.

Okay.

Probably won't even use any of

it, but I figure...

Better to have too much footage

than too little.

- Okay, I will do that.

- Cool, thanks.

Okay, I don't care what anyone

says, do not stop rolling okay?

Unless I say cut, do not stop rolling.

And 3, 2, 1.

[Nikki] Scientists believe that there are

10s of 1000s of undiscovered plants...

Animals and insects in

the Amazon rainforest.

New discoveries are found each year.

From 1999 to 2009 alone, 1200

new species were discovered.

[Robby]

Like the chupacabra?

[Nikki]

Cut! Robby are you serious?

[Robby] What? I was watching

the nature channel...

They had a special about the chupacabra,

it was really fascinating.

[Nikki] Yeah, that's

fascinating, just let me

record this while I have

it in my head. Guys!

[Robby]

Okay, sorry.

[Nikki] I know it's been a long day.

We're almost done.

[Robby]

Rolling.

[Nikki] It's estimated that about 70% of

the most effective cancer treatments...

are derived from enzymes found

exclusively in the Amazon.

And now with the discovery of the enzyme

derived from the kambo frog,

we may finally have a cure.

Can we go back now?

[Nikki]

I think we should do one more take.

- That was great.

- That was golden.

So, ask away. Anything.

Well, we're going to go find

a good spot for the interview.

All righty.

- All right, let's go do that.

- Cool.

Like, one minute, John.

I first became interested

in the power of the

enzyme when I participated

in a ritual...

where the kambo frog skin

enzyme is inserted...

under the peoples skin before

they go hunting.

Well, being a scientist, I'd

study the enzyme.

And what I found out is, it's a

powerful immunity booster...

That they use it for other

diseases and inflammation.

So, I study how the enzyme

reacted with cancer cells.

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