Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash and 11 days walking in the jungle from the wreck to safety.

Herzog takes us back to the scene of the original events, a stage for raw emotion and profound feeling. Retracing steps is also in following Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly, or following Michael Godsmith in Echoes of a Somber Empire, (and even in The Act of Killing which Herzog exec produced). At 17, stricken with grief from losing her mother in the crash as well as the sheer physical trauma of the whole event. What power is stored in the body of a person retracing their steps? It is striking when coming to a certain riverbend, Juliane knows the exact spot from memory, even though she had never been back. It is incredible watching the waves of memory wash over her. Note on the featured image, it is of Juliane and Herzog finding part of the plane in the jungle. Worth watching!