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		List Price: $14.98		Label: Discovery Channel Salesrank: 37728 Released: January 30, 2007
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Discover the world, one person at a time...Discovery Atlas! Discover Brazil through the eyes of its people and explore the surrounding beaches, jungles and landscaping mountains that make this land so vibrant. Witness the roles that history, geography, culture, religion and the natural environment have played in shaping one of the most fascinating countries in the world. From a government worker who dreams of performing the samba at Carnaval, to a young man whose life is capoeira, to a river trader whose livelihood depends on the Amazon, and a maid determined to win the biggest amateur soccer tournament in the world, meet some of the individuals who personify the energy and intensity of this tropical South American paradise. Using the latest HD camera technology coupled with movie-caliber cinematography and effects, hear the stories of several Brazilians whose lives sum up the essence of Brazil and epitomize its people's natural habit of "seizing the moment."

Discovery Atlas: Brazil Revealed Reviews:
Great dvd
2009-02-12 - I purchased this dvd for my "Brasil" collection. I thought it was informative by showing Brazil through the lives of 7 Brazilians and what the Brazilian life is about. They could have improved Sao Paulo, my hometown part, because it only mentioned it is the biggest city of South America but it did not talk about the diversity of its people(Asians, Arabians, Europeans, Africa-Brazilians) and the people's diverse multiracial backgrounds. It also left out some of the regions, such as the central, the Northwest and the Southern part of Brazil(South is like the little Europe & the home of the largest & majestic waterfall on earth called "iguacu", pronouced i-gua-soo) . In my opinion, one important information a foreign country dvd "must" include in the video is its food/cuisine.. too bad this one didn't. The Brazilian cuisine is one of a kind! Over all, I enjoyed this video, its quality overall and the beautiful sceneries/picturesques & also the way the narrator talks about one person's life in one region of Brazil and moves one to another and then goes back to the previous ones and then back & forth. At the end, she concludes all 7 lives. Most of all, I loved Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto, and the Amazon scenes... too bad it didn't include Foz do Iguacu (Iguacu Falls)
p.s. Everyone in here says that there is no subtitle in it, but usually, in my experience, this kind of informative videos don't have any subtitles.

Great Show!
2008-01-26 - I think this shows pretty much everything about Brazil and brazilains, it was a great show, the discovery channel is always good at what they do.I just didn't like the fact that there was no subtitles available, but still, it's very good information.

Wow -- this is great geography
2008-01-02 - I am a professor of geography with a lot of experience in Brazil. I will be using this DVD a lot in my teaching, especially with students I am sending on exchanges. No video can capture an entire country, but this does a terrific job, by documenting the lives of seven people -- of different ages, races, social classes, and sexes -- from very different parts of the country. It makes me nostalgic for some of the places I've been in Brazil and anxious to visit some new ones.

I am looking forward to other videos in this series.

Nice snapshot of Brazil
2007-07-29 - Great imagery of Brazil, but annoying when people speaking Portuguese are "dubbed over" into English, subtitles would be preferred. The video completely fills a 16:9 widescreen TV (no black bars). The DVD defaults to 2.0 stereo playback. Unusual that you have to enter your DVD player menu to play the 5.1 surround soundtrack. There are no setup options on the DVD menu.

Well done, facts are spot on, but no subtitles
2007-05-13 - This is an excellent DVD with amazing images and quality.

Living and working in education in Brazil, found this to be very interesting and spot on with the facts and figures. It really does tell the story of Brazil though her people. Most importantly it does capture the real heart and nature of the Brazilian!

Worth watching if you are interested in Brazil and/or Latin America.

One downside - no subtitles in any language. The dvd itself is all in English, but sometimes with language learners it is handy to have English subtitles at the same time.