How isolation is helping Brazilian indigenous group defend way of life

The village of Laranjal is located along the Iriri river in Arara indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil -- its 200 or so residents live nearly off the grid, and four hours by boat from the nearest city. [AFP]

As the diesel generator rumbles to life in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, teenagers scramble to charge their phones and watch music videos -- an ordinary pastime in an extraordinary setting.

The teens are members of the Arara indigenous group -- and they had to travel eight hours round-trip by boat to the nearest city, Altamira, to download those video clips.