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Shows the effects of mining in the rain forest. Davi Yanomami makes the first-ever visit by a Yanomami spokesperson to Europe, to appeal for acknowledgement of Yonomami land rights. He also collects the...
An oral history of Klickitat basket-weaver Nettie Jackson Kuneki, and an exploration of Klickitat River culture within an investigation of documentary practice and cultural preservation. The film attempts to...
Looks at the life and work of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis, who documented the the traditional ways of the American Indians. from 1989 to 1928. Uses film footage of the time to place his work in context.
Explores the controversial methods of the New Tribes Mission in Paraguay. Ayoreo Indians say they have been forced to leave the forest and convert to Christianity. In an encounter between missionised and...
Documents the destruction of parts of the South American rainforest as the land is opened up by new roads and the forest is cleared to make way for coffee plantations and cattle ranches. As the settlers move...
Documents the effects of World Bank-funded projects on the environment and tribal peoples worldwide. These projects include the Poloroeste project in South America (building a road through a Brazilian rain...
Deforested areas in the wet tropics have been farmed in a variety of ways with different ecological and economic consequences. The programme was filmed in south-east Mexico in an area that until recently was...
The competition between national governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants for control of an area of South American rain forest. Shows the potential conflict betwen the interests of the...
Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded in the mid-1950s on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development characterise life in this village...
Concentrates on a range of artefacts and visual materials, including a medal, a tomahawk, a peace-pipe, paintings, lithographs and photographs. These sources tell us something of actual events and give...
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