Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Chilean desert, Brazilian Amazon, Colombian Andes, and Argentine Pampa. In this contemplative documentary, four destinations in Latin America are revisited through fragments of memories, reconstructed from rubble.
Former inhabitants share the experiences they had there, and through more intimate accounts, evoke memories of a past they do not want to forget. Some of them still visit or even live in these cities.
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Chapters
▷ 0:00:00 - Intro
▷ 0:01:11 – Humberstone, Chile #atacama
▷ 0:16:24 – Fordlandia, Brazil #amazonia
▷ 0:31:14 – Armero, Colombia #andes
▷ 0:49:30 – Epecuén, Argentina #pampas
▷ 1:09:22 - Credits
#documentary #ghosttown #latinamerica #tragedy #climate #wocomoHUMANITY
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In Humberstone, Chile, the remnants of the landscape and the memories of survivors can scarcely illustrate the past prosperity when the local production of saltpeter was exported worldwide. Near the former town of Fordlândia in Pará, Brazil, squatter-occupied homes stand as the last remnants of an American city built by Henry Ford during the peak of the rubber boom in that region. In Colombia, the population of Armero was almost entirely obliterated by the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Twenty-five years after being submerged by a dam breach, the ruins of Villa Epecuén in Argentina reemerged, revealing the remains of what was once a bustling hot springs resort town.
We reflect on what we leave behind and what we can leave as our legacy, understanding that everything can have an end and that nothing is free from the struggle against oblivion.
Winner of the Best Brazilian Feature Film at It’s All True – International Film Festival 2017.
Original title: Cidades Fantasmas (Ghost Towns)
A film by Tyrell Spencer
© 2017, Licensed by Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
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Chilean desert, Brazilian Amazon, Colombian Andes, and Argentine Pampa. In this contemplative documentary, four destinations in Latin America are revisited through fragments of memories, reconstructed from rubble.
Former inhabitants share the experiences they had there, and through more intimate accounts, evoke memories of a past they do not want to forget. Some of them still visit or even live in these cities.
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Chapters
▷ 0:00:00 - Intro
▷ 0:01:11 – Humberstone, Chile #atacama
▷ 0:16:24 – Fordlandia, Brazil #amazonia
▷ 0:31:14 – Armero, Colombia #andes
▷ 0:49:30 – Epecuén, Argentina #pampas
▷ 1:09:22 - Credits
#documentary #ghosttown #latinamerica #tragedy #climate #wocomoHUMANITY
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Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/5Sp36B
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
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In Humberstone, Chile, the remnants of the landscape and the memories of survivors can scarcely illustrate the past prosperity when the local production of saltpeter was exported worldwide. Near the former town of Fordlândia in Pará, Brazil, squatter-occupied homes stand as the last remnants of an American city built by Henry Ford during the peak of the rubber boom in that region. In Colombia, the population of Armero was almost entirely obliterated by the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Twenty-five years after being submerged by a dam breach, the ruins of Villa Epecuén in Argentina reemerged, revealing the remains of what was once a bustling hot springs resort town.
We reflect on what we leave behind and what we can leave as our legacy, understanding that everything can have an end and that nothing is free from the struggle against oblivion.
Winner of the Best Brazilian Feature Film at It’s All True – International Film Festival 2017.
Original title: Cidades Fantasmas (Ghost Towns)
A film by Tyrell Spencer
© 2017, Licensed by Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
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Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies.
Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:
▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS
▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE
▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY
▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL
▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK
Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
