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
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
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
June 22, 1971
Protestants and Catholics compete to enforce their religion on the traditional Maku and Barasana people of the forests of Colombia.
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
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
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
November 27, 1973
The Dervishes are a group of Kurds, a people who have no homeland, who are being allowed to live in Iran.
November 13, 1974
The Mursi are a tribe in Ethiopia who, when not worshipping Allah, are at constant war with their neighbours, the Bodi.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
December 29, 1975
Episode 16 of Season 1 premiered on December 29, 1975
January 5, 1976
Episode 17 of Season 1 premiered on January 5, 1976
January 12, 1976
Episode 18 of Season 1 premiered on January 12, 1976
January 26, 1977
Episode 19 of Season 1 premiered on January 26, 1977
February 23, 1977
Episode 20 of Season 1 premiered on February 23, 1977
April 13, 1977
Episode 21 of Season 1 premiered on April 13, 1977
November 23, 1977
Episode 22 of Season 1 premiered on November 23, 1977
February 20, 1980
Episode 23 of Season 1 premiered on February 20, 1980
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
March 16, 1982
Examines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante society of Ghana through interviews with women, who exercise complete authority in ...Read more
March 23, 1982
Episode 26 of Season 1 premiered on March 23, 1982
April 27, 1983
Episode 27 of Season 1 premiered on April 27, 1983
May 4, 1983
Episode 28 of Season 1 premiered on May 4, 1983
May 18, 1983
Episode 29 of Season 1 premiered on May 18, 1983
October 14, 1985
Episode 30 of Season 1 premiered on October 14, 1985
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
June 10, 1987
Episode 32 of Season 1 premiered on June 10, 1987
June 15, 1987
Episode 33 of Season 1 premiered on June 15, 1987
July 13, 1988
Episode 34 of Season 1 premiered on July 13, 1988
July 20, 1988
Episode 35 of Season 1 premiered on July 20, 1988
July 27, 1988
Episode 36 of Season 1 premiered on July 27, 1988
June 13, 1989
Documents the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira.
June 20, 1989
Episode 38 of Season 1 premiered on June 20, 1989
June 27, 1989
Episode 39 of Season 1 premiered on June 27, 1989
July 18, 1990
Episode 40 of Season 1 premiered on July 18, 1990
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
August 1, 1990
Episode 42 of Season 1 premiered on August 1, 1990
July 17, 1991
Episode 43 of Season 1 premiered on July 17, 1991
July 24, 1991
Episode 44 of Season 1 premiered on July 24, 1991
July 31, 1991
Episode 45 of Season 1 premiered on July 31, 1991
August 7, 1991
Episode 46 of Season 1 premiered on August 7, 1991
May 11, 1993
In a Muslim/Catholic village near Sarajevo, rumors fly and suspicions spread. When Catholic Croats assert control, Muslim business...Read more
May 18, 1993
Episode 48 of Season 1 premiered on May 18, 1993
May 25, 1993
Episode 49 of Season 1 premiered on May 25, 1993