Overview

• The documentary premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and will air on National Geographic on Sept. 12 before streaming on Hulu and Disney+ on Sept. 13.
• Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, and Juan Camilo Cruz, the film revisits the 40-day effort to locate four children after a 2023 Amazon plane crash.
• Critics highlight the twin search narratives — Indigenous river teams and Colombian Special Forces — whose eventual cooperation anchors the film’s central tension.
• Reviews describe a solid, concise account that touches on historical rifts linked to the rubber trade era and contemporary guerrilla influence, with limited depth given the brief runtime.
• The film features first-person participation from the family, led by narration from the eldest child, using translucent animation to visualize fragmented memories from the forest.