Season 1 (1970)

A Clearing in the Jungle
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May 19, 1970

The Panare of Venezuala still live the same way of live they have always known, and refuse to accept outside influences. There are...Read more

The Last of the Cuiva
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June 8, 1971

There are only 600 Cuiva, a group of nomadic hunters left in Columbia, with perhaps another 400 across the border in Venezuela. Th...Read more

Embera: The End of the Road
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June 15, 1971

There are around 10,000 Embura river people living in Colombia, but the government are about to drive the last of the Pan-American...Read more

War of the Gods
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June 22, 1971

Protestants and Catholics compete to enforce their religion on the traditional Maku and Barasana people of the forests of Colombia.

The Tuareg
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April 18, 1972

The Tuareg live in the Sahara dessert at the foot of the mountains of Algeria. After a couple of invasive visits by white troops, ...Read more

The Meo
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July 4, 1972

Originally Aborigines in North and Central China, the 250 000 remaining Meo have been forced southwards, and now live in villages ...Read more

Kataragama: A God for all Seasons
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November 20, 1973

At the shrine of the god Kataragama in the jungle of Ceylon, there is a festival of payment for help received. This film focuses o...Read more

Dervishes of Kurdistan
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November 27, 1973

The Dervishes are a group of Kurds, a people who have no homeland, who are being allowed to live in Iran.

The Mursi
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November 13, 1974

The Mursi are a tribe in Ethiopia who, when not worshipping Allah, are at constant war with their neighbours, the Bodi.

Mehinacu
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November 20, 1974

In the Shinghu National Park in Central Brazil live the 70-strong Mehinacu, a tribe in which men and women have distinctly differe...Read more

Masai Women
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November 27, 1974

The Masai live along the Rift Valley near the Kenya-Tanzania border. They keep large amounts of cattle, for whom they have great r...Read more

Quechua
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December 4, 1974

High 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.

Ongka's Big Moka - The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea
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December 11, 1974

The influential leader of New Guinea's Kawelka tribe spends five years amassing an abundance of valuable items including 600 pigs ...Read more

The Sakuddei
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December 18, 1974

The Sakuddei are a small clan of traditional people living in the rain-forests of Siberut in The Mentawai Islands off the west coa...Read more

Masai Manhood
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April 8, 1975

In east Africa, across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania is Loita, where we now follow the Masai men during their ritual in prepar...Read more

The Kirghiz
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December 29, 1975

Episode 16 of Season 1 premiered on December 29, 1975

The Shilluk
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January 5, 1976

Episode 17 of Season 1 premiered on January 5, 1976

Eskimos of Pond Inlet - The People's Land
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January 12, 1976

Episode 18 of Season 1 premiered on January 12, 1976

Some Women of Marrakesh
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January 26, 1977

Episode 19 of Season 1 premiered on January 26, 1977

The Rendille
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February 23, 1977

Episode 20 of Season 1 premiered on February 23, 1977

Sherpas
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April 13, 1977

Episode 21 of Season 1 premiered on April 13, 1977

Umbanda
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November 23, 1977

Episode 22 of Season 1 premiered on November 23, 1977

The Pathans
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February 20, 1980

Episode 23 of Season 1 premiered on February 20, 1980

Witchcraft among the Azande
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March 9, 1982

Presents the role of witchcraft among the Azande in spite of their acceptance of Christianity. Focuses on its usage in adjudicatin...Read more

Asante Market Women
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March 16, 1982

Examines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante society of Ghana through interviews with women, who exercise complete authority in ...Read more

The Kwegu
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March 23, 1982

Episode 26 of Season 1 premiered on March 23, 1982

Inside China: Living with the Revolution
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April 27, 1983

Episode 27 of Season 1 premiered on April 27, 1983

Inside China: The Newest Revolution
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May 4, 1983

Episode 28 of Season 1 premiered on May 4, 1983

Inside China: The Kazakhs of China
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May 18, 1983

Episode 29 of Season 1 premiered on May 18, 1983

The Migrants
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October 14, 1985

Episode 30 of Season 1 premiered on October 14, 1985

The Kayapo
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June 3, 1987

Documents life among the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil, a fiercely independent tribe, who were forced to become "businessmen" o...Read more

The Basques of Santazi
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June 10, 1987

Episode 32 of Season 1 premiered on June 10, 1987

The Lau of Malaita
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June 15, 1987

Episode 33 of Season 1 premiered on June 15, 1987

The Whalehunters of Lamalera
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July 13, 1988

Episode 34 of Season 1 premiered on July 13, 1988

Across the Tracks: Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
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July 20, 1988

Episode 35 of Season 1 premiered on July 20, 1988

The Wodaabe
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July 27, 1988

Episode 36 of Season 1 premiered on July 27, 1988

The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
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June 13, 1989

Documents the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira.

Villagers of the Sierra De Gredos
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June 20, 1989

Episode 38 of Season 1 premiered on June 20, 1989

The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
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June 27, 1989

Episode 39 of Season 1 premiered on June 27, 1989

The Mende
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July 18, 1990

Episode 40 of Season 1 premiered on July 18, 1990

Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
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July 25, 1990

A description of a village on Kiriwina Island, in the Trobriand Group, including their yam cult, fishing, life, traditions and, es...Read more

The Kalasha: Rites of Spring
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August 1, 1990

Episode 42 of Season 1 premiered on August 1, 1990

The Mursi - The Land Is Bad
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July 17, 1991

Episode 43 of Season 1 premiered on July 17, 1991

The Mursi - Nitha
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July 24, 1991

Episode 44 of Season 1 premiered on July 24, 1991

The Albanians of Rrogam
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July 31, 1991

Episode 45 of Season 1 premiered on July 31, 1991

Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo
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August 7, 1991

Episode 46 of Season 1 premiered on August 7, 1991

War: We Are All Neighbours
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May 11, 1993

In a Muslim/Catholic village near Sarajevo, rumors fly and suspicions spread. When Catholic Croats assert control, Muslim business...Read more

War: Orphans of Passage - Sudan
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May 18, 1993

Episode 48 of Season 1 premiered on May 18, 1993

War: The Longest Struggle
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May 25, 1993

Episode 49 of Season 1 premiered on May 25, 1993