Secrets from Putumayo is a documentary directed by Aurélio Michiles, inspired by Roger Casement's "Amazon Diary". The book was published in Portuguese in 2016 by Edusp, organized by Laura P.Z. Izarra and Mariana Bolfarine; translation by Mariana Bolfarine, Mail Marques de Azevedo and Maria Rita Drumond Viana; and editing by Angus Mitchell.
Synopsis: At the height of the rubber cycle, Irishman Roger Casement, then British consul-general in Brazil, made two trips to the upper Amazon region, in 1910 and 1911, to investigate allegations of violence and slavery committed against indigenous Brazilians, Peruvians and Colombians. Suspicions fell on the Peruvian Amazon Company, a company financed by the London Stock Exchange and operated by white Peruvian managers. Casement recorded and made public the atrocities suffered by the natives, almost always silenced by political and economic interests, which accelerated the end of the rubber extraction market.
Check out the film's trailer here.
Check out the English trailer for the film here.
Check out the book here.
Check out the book in English here.
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