The documentary retraces the steps of Bruno Manser, a man from Switzerland who went to live with the indigenous tribe of the Penan in the Jungle of Borneo and endef up helping their struggle to defend their rainforest against greedy logging companies. The movie features original film, photo and voice recordings by Bruno Manser made in the 1980s, as well as new recordings showing how the life of the Penan has changed in just a few decades.
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How can we prevent epidemics? Why do viruses and bacteria move? Rather than trying to contain epidemics one after another, why not stop the processes that encourage their emergence? The challenges are enormous, but scientists argue that solutions exist.
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What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during the last two million years? And what pre-Ice Age throwbacks survived here in this unique geologic refuge that holds more Native American effigy mounds, petroglyph caves, strange geological features, and rare species than anywhere in the Midwest? These questions and more are answered in this captivating new documentary.
Filmed at Masonboro Island, an undeveloped barrier island in southeastern North Carolina, “Tides” contemplates the liminal space between the modern technological world and that more ecological dimension we label as “nature” or “the environment.
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Trailer "Bruno Manser - Laki Penan" von Christoph Kühn (2007)
Director Christoph Kühn ("Nicolas Bouvier" "22 Hospital Street") follows in Bruno Manser's footsteps into the jungle of Sarawak. The Penan who became ...
Bruno Manser - Laki Penan
Ce film part sur les traces d'un des plus acharnés protecteurs de la nature. Entre 1984 et 1990 le Suisse Bruno Manser a vécu avec les Penans un peuple ...
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