HBO Max premieres on Thursday (10) the documentary series "Death and Mystery in the Amazon," which investigates a legend that mobilized foreign explorers in the 1970s and 1980s. It was believed that, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, would be located Akakor, considered one of the oldest cities in the world. The site would also have served as a hiding place for thousands of Nazis in the 1930s, after World War II, transforming the region into a kind of Eldorado of the forest.
The legend attracted numerous foreigners who wanted to see the site with their own eyes. However, according to the series' narrative, several of these explorers never returned, generating an aura of mystery and death around the story of Akakor.
At the center of the three-episode production is Tatunca Nara, who claimed to be descended from the Ugha Mongulala, the tribe that would have occupied those lands. Because he knew the way to Akakor, he guided various explorers through the jungle, and his name ended up connected to the disappearances and deaths recorded over the years.
The series presents, for the first time, Tatunca Nara's version of the events of that period, offering a new look at a story that remained shrouded in controversy and mystery for decades.
