The Tribal Eye
1975 · BBC Two · 50 min · 1 season
S01E07 · Across the Frontiers
Wed, 9 July, 5:10 am
David Attenborough discusses the effect the outside world is having on tribal life and art.
About
David Attenborough explains the enormous growth of interest in tribal art, and explores the emotions which lie behind the masks and decorations of primitive people.
Episodes
- E01
Behind the Mask
Wed, 28 May· 50 minDavid Attenborough looks at the Dogon tribe of Mali, a cliff-dwelling tribe living in isolation in the desert 100 miles south of Timbuktu.
- E02
Crooked Beak of Heaven
Wed, 4 June· 50 minDavid Attenborough investigates the rich, yet sadly vanishing, culture of the North West American Indians of the tribe of Haida, Gitksan and Kwakiutl.
- E03
Sweat of the Sun
Wed, 11 June· 50 minDavid Attenborough investigates the wealth and culture of Central and Southern American tribes: Aztecs and Incas.
- E04
Kingdom of Bronze
Wed, 18 June· 50 min400 years ago the kingdom of Oba in Benin was a very powerful and splendid domain in West Africa. Today Benin city is a bustling Nigerian town and the society of bronze-makers still produces bronzes in the manner of its ancestors.
- E05
Woven Gardens
Wed, 25 June· 50 minDavid Attenborough looks at beautiful rugs woven by tribeswomen of Central Asia and the Middle East, which were the first examples of exotic art to be appreciated by the West.
- E06
Man Blong Custom
Wed, 2 July· 50 minThe bush people of Malekula in the New Hebrides still use skulls to make sculptures. In the Solomon Islands a movement has arisen dedicated to the revival of tribal customs.
- E07
Across the Frontiers
Wed, 9 July· 50 minDavid Attenborough discusses the effect the outside world is having on tribal life and art.
Cast
David Attenborough
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