'Discovery Atlas: Brazil Revealed' is one of four episodes of the shot-on-HD "Discovery Atlas" television series that have recently been released on Blu-ray, HD DVD and standard-def DVD. These first four installments (Australia, Brazil, China and Italy) kick off a planned twenty episode series designed to highlight various countries around the world in stunning high-def. Of the three episodes I've reviewed so far, the series debut (focusing on Australia) remains my favorite, but 'Brazil Revealed' is a close second.

Like the other episodes in the series, 'Brazil Revealed' focuses its cameras on average citizens (rather than celebrities or famous political figures), and once again the concept delivers in spades. Presented as a series of vignettes punctuated by lush photography, each of those profiled presents a different and often entirely unique perspective, painting a rich and vibrant portrait of a country starkly divided between poverty and wealth.