| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 min. 53 sec.) ; 301513259 bytes |
| Series |
Tribe ; Series 3, Episode 6 |
| Summary |
Host Bruce Parry travels to the Malaysian state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, to live with the Penan people. The Penan are nomadic hunter-gatherers whose forest home is in the process of being cut down around them. It is an intensely personal journey for Bruce, who has longed to make this film ever since he travelled through Borneo as a young man. The journey takes him deep into the forest in search of the last nomadic Penan. As the forest recedes around them, many have been forced to abandon their traditional way of life and settle in government-built villages. But deep in the jungle, the last Penan are still living as they have for thousands of years, hunting wild pigs with blowpipes and moving silently through the trees. The journey proceeds without government permission as the authorities are hostile towards anyone telling the story of the Penan, so Bruce and his hosts are forced to move deep into the forest to avoid trouble. (From the UK, in English and Penan, English subtitles) (Documentary Series) (Series Final) PG CC WS |
| Event |
Broadcast 2010-06-19 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
| Subject |
Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects.
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Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects.
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Indigenous peoples -- Economic conditions.
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Indigenous peoples -- Food.
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Logging -- Economic aspects.
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Penan (Bornean people) -- Social life and customs.
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Malaysia -- Sarawak.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Parry, Bruce, host
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Searle, Gavin, director
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