Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

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Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

2017

1h 41m

6.2(6 votes)

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Overview

Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.

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Bruce Parry

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Jerome Lewis

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Iain Mcgilchrist

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Ingrid Lewis

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