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APAPORIS takes us on a journey through the untrodden, war-locked Northwest Amazon, where we discover the secret knowledge of the Cabiyari and Cubeo indigenous cultures and their insight into nature, life and medicinal and psychotropic plants. Their secrets, held for a millennium, are revealed for the first time in spectacular cinematography: the preparation of Yaga ("The vine of the Gods"), pulverized coca, curare, and finally, a magical practice to revive dead animals. These communities, besieged by the looming death of their sacred languages and cultures, must now unite to preserve their very survival.
Antonio Dorado is best known for the film “El Rey", the Colombian Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film in 2005 (USA) which he wrote and directed. “El Rey" was also nominated for the 2005 Spanish Goya Awards and was voted Best Colombian Film in the Bogota Film Festival.
Dorado has participated in the production of documentaries and fictional projects which have been broadcast nationally and internationally. As documentary director, he has produced twenty-eight projects and has received recognition in twenty-six important events such as the San Juan Cinema Fest of Puerto Rico, the Bogota International Film Festival, and the Cartagena International Film Festival, and has been named among the best audiovisual artists of Latin America at Encounter II, an event organized by UNESCO and INPUT (International Public Television).
His documentary project “In search of the river" won a grant from the Cinematography Affairs - Colombian Ministry of Culture and a fund from the Valle del Cauca Government. In 2006 Antonio Dorado directed the feature film “Adios Ana Elisa," this film received a grant for production and postproduction.
Antonio Dorado is a Social Communicator with a Master's degree in Colombian and Latin-American Literature and a specialist in Audiovisual Practices. He is professor in the School of Social Communication at the Universidad del Valle.
Dorado was inspired to make “Apaporis" after reading the book “One River" by Wade Davis.
