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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 4 sec.) ; 289313300 bytes |
| Summary |
Rock front man, writer and actor Henry Rollins investigates human-animal relationships from around the world in this three-part series. Henry wants to understand why some people choose to go head to head with some of the world's most dangerous and disturbing animals.Rollins examines everything from dangerous pets to alligator wrestling to illegal animal fighting. He questions what drives someone to wrestle a three-metre long croc? Or handle cobras every day? Or hunt and capture a wild boar?Henry digs deep into people's pastimes to uncover where the boundary lies between civilised and wild, safe and deadly, coddling and cruel. He witnesses practices as deadly as the animals they involve, and finds that some of these creatures are not living in zoos, but in people's homes.Henry Rollins investigates where the real boundaries lay in the human-animal relationship. Investigating the role animals play in religion, Rollins observes a desert ritual in which spiritual seekers illegally smoke the poisonous skin of a Sonoran toad. In the snake-handling churches of Appalachia, Henry finds even Christianity has a surprising role for dangerous animals. (From the US, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 3) Follow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2013-05-07 at 21:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Animal worship.
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Animals -- Religious aspects.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Snake charmers.
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Snake hunting.
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God -- Faithfulness.
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United States.
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India.
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Streaming video
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Martin, Alan, director
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Rollins, Henry, host
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