IColombia ikhethe ifilimu ethi 'The Embrace of the Serpent' ebhalwe nguCiro Guerra kulungiselelwa u-Oscar ngefilimu ehamba phambili ngolimi lwangaphandle.
Le filimu ibe yimpumelelo enkulu emincintiswaneni emhlabeni jikelele ngokwesibonelo ku-Abaqondisi 'Amabili Amabili we ICannes Film Festival lapho athola khona indondo ye-Art Cinema, the ILima Festival lapho inqobe khona indondo yefilimu ehamba phambili noma i Umkhosi we-Odessa lapho athola khona ukukhulunywa okukhethekile kusuka kumajaji.
Lona Kuzobe kungokwesithathu ukuthi ifilimu kaCiro Guerra imele iColombia kuma-Academy Awards eHollywood, phambilini wakwenza ngo-2005 no'La sombra del walker 'kwathi ngo-2009 ne'Los Travellers del viento', akekho noyedwa kubo owathola ukuphakanyiswa.
Futhi yilokho empeleni IColombia ayikaze ibe nokuqokwa kuka-Oscar ebikade yaziwa njengefilimu ehamba phambili emazweni angaphandle. Uveze ukuthi owaseColombia oshaye i-'María full eres de gracia 'uzophakanyiselwa igama lomcimbi owawubanjwe ngonyaka ka-2005, kodwa wangakhishwa ngenxa yephesenti lezingxoxo zesiNgisi.
'Ukugonwa yinyoka' kuyasho indaba kaKaramakate, owayekade eyi-shaman enamandla e-Amazon, futhi manje osengusindile wokugcina kubantu bakhe futhi uhlala ngokuzihlukanisa ngokuzithandela ekujuleni kwehlathi. Uchithe iminyaka yokuba yedwa ngokuphelele okumenze waba yi-chullachaqui, igobolondo elingenalutho lomuntu, ongenamizwa nezinkumbulo. Kepha impilo yakhe engenalutho iguqulwe ngosuku lapho u-Evan, isazi se-ethnobotanist saseMelika, efika endaweni yakhe eqhelile efuna i-yakruna, isitshalo esinamandla esifihlekile esikwazi ukufundisa ukuphupha. UKaramakate uyavuma ukuphelezela u-Evan ekufuneni kwakhe futhi ngokubambisana baqala uhambo oluya enhliziyweni yehlathi lapho kudideke khona okwedlule, okukhona nokwesikhathi esizayo, futhi lapho isangoma sizolulama khona kancane kancane izinkumbulo zaso ezilahlekile. Lezo zinkumbulo ziphethe izinsalela zobungani obukhashelwe nobuhlungu obujulile obungeke bumkhulule uKaramakate aze adlulise ulwazi lokhokho bakhe okokugcina, okwakubonakala kumiselwe ukulahleka unomphela.