In 2012, Austrian filmmaker Thomas Miklautsch travelled for months along the Amazon — from Leticia in Colombia to the Rio Ampiyaco near Iquitos in Peru — living in close, sensitive exchange with the Indigenous communities of the central rainforest. Amazonas: A Sustainable Life in the Rainforest portrays how, amid climatic, political and social change, local people are shaping their own vision of a well-adapted, sustainable life in the heart of the Amazon. Why This Film Matters: Through the life-stories of a handful of fascinating characters, the film offers an authentic, ground-level look at one of the planet's most vital ecosystems — and at the people whose knowledge of living in balance with it may matter more now than ever.