Discovery Atlas: Brazil Revealed

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.

I purchased this dvd for my "Brasil" collection. It's an informative dvd, showing Brazil through the lives of 7 Brazilians, and what the Brazilian life is about. The producer could have improved Sao Paulo part, my hometown, but it only mentions how it is the biggest city of South America. It does not mention the melting pot of various ethnicities (Asians, Arabians, Europeans, Africa-Brazilians), and the fact that a lot of Brazilians are multiracial. It also doesn't mention some of the other important regions, such as the central, the Northwest and the Southern part of Brazil( The south region 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 doesn't. The Brazilian cuisine is one of a kind! Over all, I enjoyed this video & its quality overall. There are beautiful sceneries/picturesques, and the narration is as story telling. The narrator talks about one person's life in one region of Brazil, and moves on 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 enjoy Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto, and the Amazon scenes... too bad it doesn'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.

I am Brazilian. I bought this for my husband to understand my culture. The video was super boring

This same blu-ray disc was much cheaper than the HD-DVD version. That's because HD-DVD is lost format. Anyway, the seller did a stellar job in packaging a good product. In addition, this seller did an excellent job of mailing the product much further ahead of time. Thanks. I would recommend this sellar for any product they advertise.

doesnt work in northamerica. complete waste of money

Discovery Channel has done a superb job. HD is the way to go going forward for documentaries as it really brings high definition to a whole other level. I can't wait for the Planet Earth to come out on Blu-ray disc in a couple of weeks.

Brazil is a very complex country and full of different angles. It is as big as the US, but very misunderstood... and for some it is even totally unknown.For the great majority of the world, Brazil is still perceived as the country of Pele (the soccer player), the coffee drinks, a crazy Carnival, bananas everywhere, the pretty ladies, and little else.Well, this DVD will show you something more than just the ordinary by looking into the ordinary of this land. It will show you another side of the Carnival, another side of soccer, a few characters living with their daily chores, the beauty of nature and the abysmal differences of cultures from north to south.It is almost complete, for it could not fit in some other geographical areas of the country(like the sunny Northeast and the Europeanish South, for instance). As a matter of fact, it'd need a full collection of many DVDs in order to make someone really understand what this big country seems to be.

I've really enjoyed this DVD of Brazil. It was very helpful during our cultural awareness week at my Elementary school.

I loved everything about this DVD: We follow the steps of the different people, sharing their stories, dreams and ambitions while at the same time learning different aspects of Brazil's vast culture in a visually stunning documentary. This was a gem and I am so happy I got this for my husband.

Do not expect to see a lot of things, It doesn't tell all of Brazil but considering that it is a huge country (mixed race) the whole documentary is focused on main cities (Manaus, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte) and very few things about other cities like brazilia and salvador, they completely forgot about the south of Brazil and also the north east where we can find very interesting things. I really like it, but again it is incomplete I'm waiting for a second part. :)