Last of the Hiding Tribes, The

Synopsis

Adrian Cowell traces the history of three tribes of the Amazon rainforest that are on the edge of extinction: the Panara, the Uru Eu Wau Wau, and the Ava-Canoeiro. The films focus on the dramas of individuals caught up in the race to bring ‘civilisation’ to the Amazon. With drawings and archive film of the setting up on the Indian Protection Service by Marshall Rondon.
1: Examines the threats to the Amazonian Panara by contact with civilisation. Follows the many courageous attempts by Claudio Villas Boas, the leading explorer of Brazil’s Indian Protection Service in the 1960s, to contact the Panara, hidden deep in the forest, and save them from extinction.
2: Filmed over 17 years, this film links the abduction of a child in 1969 to the demise of the Uru Eu Wau Wau tribe, when efforts to find the boy brought them into contact with fatal diseases (broadcast title: THE FATE OF THE KIDNAPPER).
3: Follows the efforts of Brazil’s Indian Protection Agency from 1993 to locate the elusive Ava-Canoeiro tribe to warn them about the imminent construction of a dam that would flood theri forests. Members of tribe had been massacred in 1962, and by 1996 probably extinct.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min.

Year of production

1998

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

Notes

Broadcast on C4 from 13/3/99.
See also: THE TRIBE THAT HIDES FROM MAN.

Subjects

Anthropology

Keywords

Ava-Canoeira; Brazil; ethnography; Indians of North & South America; Panara; Uru Eu Wau Wau

Credits

Director

Adrian Cowell

Producer

Adrian Cowell

Contributor

Chris Menges; Roger James

Sections

Title

Return from extinction

Synopsis

1: Examines the threats to the Amazonian Panara by contact with civilisation. Follows the many courageous attempts by Claudio Villas Boas, the leading explorer of Brazil's Indian Protection Service in the 1960s, to contact the Panara, hidden deep in the f

Title

Kidnapped by Indians

Synopsis

2: Filmed over 17 years, this film links the abduction of a child in 1969 to the demise of the Uru Eu Wau Wau tribe, when efforts to find the boy brought them into contact with fatal diseases (broadcast title: THE FATE OF THE KIDNAPPER).

Title

Fragments of a people

Synopsis

3: Follows the efforts of Brazil's Indian Protection Agency from 1993 to locate the elusive Ava-Canoeiro tribe to warn them about the imminent construction of a dam that would flood theri forests. Members of tribe had been massacred in 1962, and by 1996 p

Production Company

Name

Nomad Films

Distributor

Name

TVE

Email

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Web

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Phone

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Address

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Notes

TVE works with partners globally to produce films on environment and development issues, as well as health and human rights. Most of the 600 films are available for sale on DVD for educational use. Previously known as Television Trust for the Environment.