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Until recently, it was accepted that although the rest of the world was populated as early as 40,000 years ago, the first evidence of human activity in the Americas only dated from the end of the Ice Age...
Focuses on the Amazonian Indians’ fierce resistance to multinational oil companies invading and polluting their forests in Ecuador, told through the words of Luis Vargas and two Indian women leaders. Shows...
The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over Innu hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace...
The story of Brazil’s greatest living explorers, Claudio and Orlando Villas Boas, now both in their 70s, who retrace their 1943 expedition into a then unexplored region of the southern Amazon. Their...
Looks at the history of the persecution by European settlers of the American Indian nations. In two parts: 1) Wildnerness; Shows how Puritan prejudices helped to generate false views of Indians; 2)...
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...
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