The first video of the series is a generalized introduction to the Matis tribe and Amazonian cultures.  This documentary covers many different aspects of Matis culture, including hunting methods, ceremonies, rituals, religion, medicinal plants, and shamanism.  The Matis have only been in contact with Westerners since 1976, previously living in isolation from the outside world. Therefore, they still practice their traditional Amazonian lifestyle.  Important aspects of their material culture are featured, including hunting with blowguns, making fire using a hand drill and fireboard, and cooking.  Various ceremonies and rituals are shown, for example, the  Ceremony of Mariwin, the Ritual of Capybara and the Dance of Queixada.  Finally, shamanic practices are illustrated.  Contains nudity.  Running time is 33 minutes.  

The Hunting Camp is a reenactment of the establishment of a traditional hunting camp by Amazonian natives. Whereas the first video (The Matis) is a generalized introduction to Amazonians cultures, this second video concentrates on the material culture and how the Matis use resources of the rainforest in order to survive.  No ceremonies or dances are shown.  Instead, this documentary shows the day-to-day life and material culture of the Matis Indians, including building shelter, the preparation of food and cooking, weaving mats, the manufacture of curare poison from the native vine, and blowgun hunting. The Matis demonstrate their remarkable knowledge and use of the resources of the Amazon Rainforest.  Contains nudity.  Running time is 31 minutes.   

The third video of the series takes over where the second video (The Hunting Camp) leaves off, showing demon-strations of making ceramics, extracting dyes used in body painting, making snail shell nose and ear ornaments, making ritual body piercings, and the preparation of medicinal drinks.  In addition, the documentary demonstrates body painting and several associated ceremonies and dances. Many of the rituals practiced by the Matis Indians involve native animals and show their unique relationship with the animals of the Amazon Rainforest.  Indigenous Amazonians such as the Matis have been living in harmony with the Amazon Rainforest for thousands of years and the key to saving the rainforest lies with its native people.  Contains nudity.  Running time is 32 minutes.     

Filmed in widescreen, high definition video, The Shaman's Way allows viewers to experience the Matis as if they were actually there. The Shaman's Way deals exclusively with ceremonies and shaman-ism. In particular, this documentary focuses on the relationship of animals to Amazonian shamanism. Specifically, a poison frog ceremony is featured, that is not shown in any of the other four videos in the series. The Matis believe that animals have souls and Amazonian shamanism is intimately linked to Amazonian animals. Contains some nudity. Running time is 20 minutes.

The final video of the series documents the technology that the Matis use for hunting in the Amazon Rainforest. Although the Matis use both blowguns and bows and arrows, Matis hunters are specialists in the use of blowguns that measure four meters in length.  The blowguns are truly works of art in addition to being precision instruments. First, the documentary demonstrates how poison darts are made, including the application of curare poison to the darts.  Then the surprisingly complex preparation of blowgun darts is illustrated.  Next, the Matis Indians demonstrate how they use their blowguns in the jungle. Finally, they show their skills as hunters in the rainforest by stalking and successfully capturing prey using their blowguns.  Running time is 20 minutes.