FORA.tv Studios Present The Lost City of Z

On Thursday, David Grann, a New Yorker staff writer and author of the new bestseller The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon , joined Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Chronicle editor-at-large, at the new FORA.tv Studios to engage in a spellbinding discussion about one of the most harrowing, adventure tales of the 20th century. In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett's obsession for the mythic El Dorado – which he code named City of Z led him deep into the unexplored heart of the vast Amazon jungle, never to return. A member of the Royal Geological Society, Fawcett's doomed quest marked the end of discovery by amateur scientist-explorers. Fawcett and others were replaced by highly-trained archeologists and anthropologists, going the same way of the lost civilizations they sought.

Optioned as a full-length feature film starring Brad Pitt, Grann tells Bronstein of Fawcett's encounters with deadly reptiles, fish, and insects, to say nothing of cannibalistic tribes, six-foot-long poison-arrow attacks, starvation, mutiny, and ultimately, of his mysterious disappearance.

With this debut program, FORA.tv Studios will begin hosting frequent interviews with the world's great innovators and authors.