AMAZON QUEEN
A group of tourists joins the riverboat "Amazon Queen" as it ventures far upriver on the Rio Negro, to visit indigenous villages and explore jungle habitats. But as the idyllic journey unfolds, a dark cloud of thievery and menace thunders aboard, shattering the voyage and threatening the passengers and crew with death. Ingenuity and resourcefulness are their only chance to survive.
This 87-minute adventure-thriller features breathtaking panoramic views of the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Amazon River and rainforest. AMAZON QUEEN takes place along the Rio Negro, near Manaus, Brazil. Shot during the COVID outbreak October 2020, Marlin Darrah assembled for his movie a cast of accomplished verteran actors including Carson Grant (One Penny), Massi Furlan (Jumanji, the Next Level), Alfonso DiLuca (CW-Jane the Virgin) and Vicky Dawson (Carbon Copy) and introduces four talented and emerging younger actors, Carly Diamond Stone, Nick Dreselly Thomas (Egyptian Affair), Clayton Meek and Cristina Encarnacion.
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This is multi-award-winning director Marlin Darrah's second feature film.
Already screened around the world at 90 film festivals and events, this adventure-thriller, AMAZON QUEEN, has inspired audiences, as they return to the theaters to experience first-hand the enjoyment of viewing an exhilarating movie experience on the silver screen.
This movie can be streamed on Amazon.com, YouTube Movies, iTunes, Vudu, Vimeo and other online platforms.
"ROMANTIC, THRILLING & EXOTIC. This movie grabs hold and won't let go. Independent filmmaking at its best." - Paul Perry, New York Times Best-Selling writer.
Amazon Queen to date has won 82 "Best Feature Film," "Best Director," "Best Actor" and other awards at dozens of film festivals and events in 26 countries.
Distribution by VisionFilms.net / Lise Romanoff, CEO
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Over the past 45 years, I've been very lucky to have produced more than 100 productions across the globe. AMAZON QUEEN is my 2nd feature film, and I wanted to make it in the same spirit of indie-filmmaking as I had done with my first movie, "Monsoon Wife," in Cambodia. To produce and direct a drama-suspense feature film in the Amazon had been one of my dreams and passion projects for many years. I'd spent several months in the Amazon during previous trips, but in October 2020, I finally was able to assemble an intrepid team of actors and filmmakers who were willing and able to take on this challenge. And making a movie in the heart of the Amazon - and during this terrible time of COVID - was a daunting task. Though the prime dramatic story is about a group of eco-tourists taken hostage on an Amazon riverboat, I also wanted the movie to reflect the horrible background issue of deforestation - the systematic burning of the Amazon (mainly to create pasture land for cattle) and the stripping of the Amazon of its natural treasures. Through this film, I want to transport audiences into the great jungle and river so they can be entertained, yes - but also to learn more about the marvel that is the Amazon.      - Marlin Darrah -