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Series examining the political, economic and cultural problems facing the people of the Brazilian Amazon.
Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a re-unification of the tribes at Altamira - the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam that will flood large parts of the Xingu...
The lives of the Kayapo tribe of Brazil changed dramatically in 1982 when gold was found on their land and 3000 Brazilians invaded their territory to excavate one of the largest gold mines in the world. The...
Discusses the use of fire as a symbolic reproduction of society. Shows these ideas through everyday life among the Kayapo of Brazil, through their telling of the jaguar myth and showing the ritual that...
The series attempts to present social anthropology to a wide audience and aims to show the basic similarities between people of different cultures and to suggest, through the deployment of material from...
The Kayapo belong to a group of ancient tribal societies that have inhabited their present area of central Brazil for over 2000 years. The film covers the progression of a person’s life from child to...
Shows the conditions of the Kayapo and their interaction with the Western world. A central figure in this relationship is chief Rop-ni. This film is one of many in which he has appeared as part of his...
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