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The problems of the nomadic peasants of north-eastern Brazil, showing a resettlement scheme and a land reclamation scheme.
A study of how the Pygmies of the Congo (Brazzaville) live. Deals with their relationship with government officials and with their sedentary Bantu neighbours. The Pygmies, reluctant to change, discuss...
Adventurer Ray Mears visits the Evenk people, nomadic reindeer herders who live in traditional teepees on a diet of reindeer, fish and a few edible plants in the freezing Arctic climate in the taiga forest...
The San people of southern Africa are struggling to avoid extinction amid warfare in South Africa, Namibia and Angola. This film examines the persecution of these landless people, whose traditional nomadic...
This film was made at the invitation of the Sirionó Indians living in Ibiato, a small village with 500 inhabitants in the rainforest of northern Bolivia. The Sirionó call themselves ‘Mbía’ (people)....
Documentary. The Yayla is the name given to the summer pastures in the high Taurus mountains in Southern Turkey. The film reveals the way of life in the Yayla and shows in detail how the nomads milk their...
Focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. In two 28-minute parts: 1) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey following the herds across north...
Shot under extreme conditions, this film documents the ancient traditions and day-to-day rituals of a Tibetan nomadic community. Filmmaker Ulrike Koch reveals a realm untainted by the tides of foreign...
Documentary. This DVD shows two traditional methods of glass beadmaking and shows in detail how beautiful handcrafted beads are produced. In Turkey, glass beads are made in a furnace and the technique is...
The Tuvanians live deep inside the Soviet Union at the centre of Asia. With ‘glasnost’, the new openness, a film crew was allowed to film the nomadic yak herders of Mongun-Taiga, a rugged district on the...
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