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A film profiling a year in the lives of the people in the village of Bakhtin along the Yenisei River in Siberian Taiga. Werner Herzog, who narrates the film, edited down the four hour television documentary...
Three 8-minute films: 1) THE CIVIL ENGINEER: The story of one man’s efforts to restore a water supply to the farmers of Armenia’s Karat province. The death of communism led to a breakdown in the water...
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 Yukhagirs are one of the small indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia. This film, shot in the village of Nelemnoye, explores what it means to be a Yukhagir.
1 (producer Andrew Thompson): In Siberia in 1993 archaeologists found the body of a young woman whose flesh, clothes and possessions were preserved by the permafrost. From her frozen body are emerging clues...
Follows scientists’ quest for mammoth fossils in order to establish the reasons why the animal, an ancient relative of the elephant, finally became extinct. Fossil finds in the Siberian Arctic indicate...
Reports on events of the summer of 1993 when Russian archaeologists discovered a new burial, bringing to light the frozen body of a Scythian woman buried 250 years ago in the AltaÔ mountains. Also examines...
Portrays a Siberian shaman belonging to the Nganassan people who live in the north of Central Siberia, showing what the shaman’s tasks consist of and how they are fulfilled. Discusses the concept of the...
Looks at the social and economic split between Russians and the indiginous people of Yakutia, resulting from the recent upsurge of economic activity in Siberia, stimulated by foreign investment. Also tells...
Documentary series about the Evenki (formerly the Tungus), who are scattered all over eastern Siberia. They are a nomadic tribe who move with the household and reindeer throughout the year, never having a...
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