Saturday, January 30, 2010

Avitar: Biology and the Amazon

I recently visited the Cofan village of Zabalo in the heart of the Ecuadorian jungle. I was visiting Hugo Lucitante, a former Evergreen school student of mine, who has returned from Seattle to his people.

Just days after I returned from Ecuador, I saw the jungle again on the screen, in 3-D! James Cameron's Avitar was stunning. This article describes some of my awe for the movie.

I was was curious about the connections to indigenous cultures, like the one I'd just visited. This movie shows some of their feelings about the film.