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Dignity
The Dignity film is a key component to a human rights campaign, which includes the photography exhibition, Dignity: Tribes in Transition, by Dana Gluckstein.
Indigenous Thought content
11 min
Humanity
In Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and formerly known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.
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Japan: Okinawa’s Last Hundred-Year-Olds
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets Okinawa and meets people over one-hundred years old who share their secrets of longevity
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Madagascar: The Spirit of Plants
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets Folo Boataky, a healer from Madagascar who uses plants and her mastery of the state of trance to produce miracles
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Russia: The Cradle of Shamanism
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets a modern Russian Shaman to learn about healing techniques and traditions drawn from traditional techniques.
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Colombia: The Sacred Plant of the Amazon
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets a Shaman in Columbia to learn more about the sacred Ayahuasca plant.
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The Pain Killing Tree
Emergency doctor Bernard Fonatille visits North Cameroon healers to learn about a natural painkiller called the African peach.
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The Tattoo Doctors of Myanmar
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets Aung Myo Hein, a master of Theravada Buddhism, the ancient doctrine an incorporating occult beliefs, which are omnipresent in Burmese culture.
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Mongolia: Beyond the Steppes
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets Pujii, a traditional Mongol doctor, who is also a livestock breeder, and who practices massages influenced by Tibetan techniques.
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Mexico: The Maya Healers
Emergency doctor Bernard Fontanille meets a Mayan doctor from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsular who is both healer and priest.
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A Thousand Suns
The Gamo Highlands of Africa's Rift Valley has been virtually untouched, both biologically and culturally for 10,000 years. What lessons in sustainable farming, worldview and nature can the indigenous people of this region offer us in the developed world?
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Yukon Kings
An Alaskan Yukon Delta fisherman teaches his grandchildren how to keep up cultural traditions.
