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Play S1 E1Disappearing World is a British documentary television series produced by Granada Television, which produced 49 episodes between 1970 and 1993. The episodes, each an hour long, focus on a specific human community around the world, usually but not always a traditional tribal group.
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- 1. A Clearing in the JungleThe Panare of Venezuala still live the same way of live they have always known, and refuse to accept outside influences. There are no laws, and everyone is equal. But how long can they survive the onslaught of the developed world?CCMay 19, 1970
- 2. The Last of the CuivaThere are only 600 Cuiva, a group of nomadic hunters left in Columbia, with perhaps another 400 across the border in Venezuela. They once roamed the plains, but now are restricted to a small strip of land.CCJun 8, 1971
- 3. Embera: The End of the RoadThere are around 10,000 Embura river people living in Colombia, but the government are about to drive the last of the Pan-American highway right through their territory. They also face constant threat from descendants of former Negro slavesCCJun 15, 1971
- 4. War of the GodsProtestants and Catholics compete to enforce their religion on the traditional Maku and Barasana people of the forests of Colombia.CCJun 22, 1971
- 5. The TuaregThe Tuareg live in the Sahara dessert at the foot of the mountains of Algeria. After a couple of invasive visits by white troops, very few remain living the traditional life of status veils and tea drinking.CCApr 18, 1972
- 6. The MeoOriginally Aborigines in North and Central China, the 250 000 remaining Meo have been forced southwards, and now live in villages around Southern China and South East Asia.CCJul 4, 1972
- 7. Kataragama: A God for all SeasonsAt the shrine of the god Kataragama in the jungle of Ceylon, there is a festival of payment for help received. This film focuses on one family who need his help to find their missing 11-year old son.CCNov 20, 1973
- 8. Dervishes of KurdistanThe Dervishes are a group of Kurds, a people who have no homeland, who are being allowed to live in Iran.CCNov 27, 1973
- 9. The MursiThe Mursi are a tribe in Ethiopia who, when not worshipping Allah, are at constant war with their neighbours, the Bodi.CCNov 13, 1974
- 10. MehinacuIn the Shinghu National Park in Central Brazil live the 70-strong Mehinacu, a tribe in which men and women have distinctly different roles, almost like two communities sharing the same land.CCNov 20, 1974
- 11. Masai WomenThe Masai live along the Rift Valley near the Kenya-Tanzania border. They keep large amounts of cattle, for whom they have great respect, and the men have many wives, who they also see as a form of wealth.CCNov 27, 1974
- 12. QuechuaHigh up in the Andes of Peru, live the Quechua, who breathe the thin air and grow potatoes far away from the rest of the world.CCDec 4, 1974
- 13. Ongka's Big Moka - The Kawelka of Papua New GuineaThe influential leader of New Guinea's Kawelka tribe spends five years amassing an abundance of valuable items including 600 pigs and a motorbike only to give them away in a festive ceremony called the Moka.CCDec 11, 1974
- 14. The SakuddeiThe Sakuddei are a small clan of traditional people living in the rain-forests of Siberut in The Mentawai Islands off the west coast of the mainland of Sumatra. But modernized Indonesians want to inflict their culture and religion upon them.CCDec 18, 1974
- 15. Masai ManhoodIn east Africa, across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania is Loita, where we now follow the Masai men during their ritual in preparation for mandatory moranhood, which means serving as a warrior.CCApr 8, 1975
- 16. The KirghizNo synopsis available yet.CCDec 29, 1975
- 17. The ShillukNo synopsis available yet.CCJan 5, 1976
- 18. Eskimos of Pond Inlet - The People's LandNo synopsis available yet.CCJan 12, 1976
- 19. Some Women of MarrakeshNo synopsis available yet.CCJan 26, 1977
- 20. The RendilleNo synopsis available yet.CCFeb 23, 1977
- 21. SherpasNo synopsis available yet.CCApr 13, 1977
- 22. UmbandaNo synopsis available yet.CCNov 23, 1977
- 23. The PathansNo synopsis available yet.CCFeb 20, 1980
- 24. Witchcraft among the AzandePresents the role of witchcraft among the Azande in spite of their acceptance of Christianity. Focuses on its usage in adjudicating disputes, curing illness, assuring success in the hunt, and purification of the newborn.CCMar 9, 1982
- 25. Asante Market WomenExamines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante society of Ghana through interviews with women, who exercise complete authority in the wholesale produce market, and with their husbands and children.CCMar 16, 1982
- 26. The KweguNo synopsis available yet.CCMar 23, 1982
- 27. Inside China: Living with the RevolutionNo synopsis available yet.CCApr 27, 1983
- 28. Inside China: The Newest RevolutionNo synopsis available yet.CCMay 4, 1983
- 29. Inside China: The Kazakhs of ChinaNo synopsis available yet.CCMay 18, 1983
- 30. The MigrantsNo synopsis available yet.CCOct 14, 1985
- 31. The KayapoDocuments life among the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil, a fiercely independent tribe, who were forced to become "businessmen" or see their traditional way of life destroyed.CCJun 3, 1987
- 32. The Basques of SantaziNo synopsis available yet.CCJun 10, 1987
- 33. The Lau of MalaitaNo synopsis available yet.CCJun 15, 1987
- 34. The Whalehunters of LamaleraNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 13, 1988
- 35. Across the Tracks: Vlach Gypsies in HungaryNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 20, 1988
- 36. The WodaabeNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 27, 1988
- 37. The Kayapo: Out of the ForestDocuments the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira.CCJun 13, 1989
- 38. Villagers of the Sierra De GredosNo synopsis available yet.CCJun 20, 1989
- 39. The Herders of Mongun-TaigaNo synopsis available yet.CCJun 27, 1989
- 40. The MendeNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 18, 1990
- 41. Trobriand Islanders of Papua New GuineaA description of a village on Kiriwina Island, in the Trobriand Group, including their yam cult, fishing, life, traditions and, especially, the position of women in Trobriand society.CCJul 25, 1990
- 42. The Kalasha: Rites of SpringNo synopsis available yet.CCAug 1, 1990
- 43. The Mursi - The Land Is BadNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 17, 1991
- 44. The Mursi - NithaNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 24, 1991
- 45. The Albanians of RrogamNo synopsis available yet.CCJul 31, 1991
- 46. Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio PalopoNo synopsis available yet.CCAug 7, 1991
- 47. War: We Are All NeighboursIn a Muslim/Catholic village near Sarajevo, rumors fly and suspicions spread. When Catholic Croats assert control, Muslim businesses are attacked, villagers arrested and harassed, and homes threatened.CCMay 11, 1993
- 48. War: Orphans of Passage - SudanNo synopsis available yet.CCMay 18, 1993
- 49. War: The Longest StruggleNo synopsis available yet.CCMay 25, 1993
Disappearing World
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Disappearing World is a British documentary television series produced by Granada Television, which produced 49 episodes between 1970 and 1993. The episodes, each an hour long, focus on a specific human community around the world, usually but not always a traditional tribal group.
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