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Disappearing World is a British documentary television series produced by Granada Television, which produced 49 episodes between 1970 and 1993. The episodes, each an hour long, focus on a specific human community around the world, usually but not always a traditional tribal group.

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Status: Ended
First aired: May 19, 1970

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37 hrs

49 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.

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Disappearing World

19701 Season9.0

TMDB9.0

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Origin: GB

About

Disappearing World is a British documentary television series produced by Granada Television, which produced 49 episodes between 1970 and 1993. The episodes, each an hour long, focus on a specific human community around the world, usually but not always a traditional tribal group.

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs May 19, 1970
A Clearing in the Jungle
The Panare of Venezuala still live the same way of live they have always known, and refuse to accept outside influences. There are no laws, and everyone is equal. But how long can they survive the onslaught of the developed world?
E2 · Airs Jun 8, 1971
The Last of the Cuiva
There are only 600 Cuiva, a group of nomadic hunters left in Columbia, with perhaps another 400 across the border in Venezuela. They once roamed the plains, but now are restricted to a small strip of land.
E3 · Airs Jun 15, 1971
Embera: The End of the Road
There are around 10,000 Embura river people living in Colombia, but the government are about to drive the last of the Pan-American highway right through their territory. They also face constant threat from descendants of former Negro slaves
E4 · Airs Jun 22, 1971
War of the Gods
Protestants and Catholics compete to enforce their religion on the traditional Maku and Barasana people of the forests of Colombia.
E5 · Airs Apr 18, 1972
The Tuareg
The Tuareg live in the Sahara dessert at the foot of the mountains of Algeria. After a couple of invasive visits by white troops, very few remain living the traditional life of status veils and tea drinking.
E6 · Airs Jul 4, 1972
The Meo
Originally Aborigines in North and Central China, the 250 000 remaining Meo have been forced southwards, and now live in villages around Southern China and South East Asia.
E7 · Airs Nov 20, 1973
Kataragama: A God for all Seasons
At the shrine of the god Kataragama in the jungle of Ceylon, there is a festival of payment for help received. This film focuses on one family who need his help to find their missing 11-year old son.
E8 · Airs Nov 27, 1973
Dervishes of Kurdistan
The Dervishes are a group of Kurds, a people who have no homeland, who are being allowed to live in Iran.
E9 · Airs Nov 13, 1974
The Mursi
The Mursi are a tribe in Ethiopia who, when not worshipping Allah, are at constant war with their neighbours, the Bodi.
E10 · Airs Nov 20, 1974
Mehinacu
In the Shinghu National Park in Central Brazil live the 70-strong Mehinacu, a tribe in which men and women have distinctly different roles, almost like two communities sharing the same land.
E11 · Airs Nov 27, 1974
Masai Women
The Masai live along the Rift Valley near the Kenya-Tanzania border. They keep large amounts of cattle, for whom they have great respect, and the men have many wives, who they also see as a form of wealth.
E12 · Airs Dec 4, 1974
Quechua
High up in the Andes of Peru, live the Quechua, who breathe the thin air and grow potatoes far away from the rest of the world.
E13 · Airs Dec 11, 1974
Ongka's Big Moka - The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea
The influential leader of New Guinea's Kawelka tribe spends five years amassing an abundance of valuable items including 600 pigs and a motorbike only to give them away in a festive ceremony called the Moka.
E14 · Airs Dec 18, 1974
The Sakuddei
The Sakuddei are a small clan of traditional people living in the rain-forests of Siberut in The Mentawai Islands off the west coast of the mainland of Sumatra. But modernized Indonesians want to inflict their culture and religion upon them.
E15 · Airs Apr 8, 1975
Masai Manhood
In east Africa, across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania is Loita, where we now follow the Masai men during their ritual in preparation for mandatory moranhood, which means serving as a warrior.
E16 · Airs Dec 29, 1975
The Kirghiz
E17 · Airs Jan 5, 1976
The Shilluk
E18 · Airs Jan 12, 1976
Eskimos of Pond Inlet - The People's Land
E19 · Airs Jan 26, 1977
Some Women of Marrakesh
E20 · Airs Feb 23, 1977
The Rendille
E21 · Airs Apr 13, 1977
Sherpas
E22 · Airs Nov 23, 1977
Umbanda
E23 · Airs Feb 20, 1980
The Pathans
E24 · Airs Mar 9, 1982
Witchcraft among the Azande
Presents the role of witchcraft among the Azande in spite of their acceptance of Christianity. Focuses on its usage in adjudicating disputes, curing illness, assuring success in the hunt, and purification of the newborn.
E25 · Airs Mar 16, 1982
Asante Market Women
Examines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante society of Ghana through interviews with women, who exercise complete authority in the wholesale produce market, and with their husbands and children.
E26 · Airs Mar 23, 1982
The Kwegu
E27 · Airs Apr 27, 1983
Inside China: Living with the Revolution
E28 · Airs May 4, 1983
Inside China: The Newest Revolution
E29 · Airs May 18, 1983
Inside China: The Kazakhs of China
E30 · Airs Oct 14, 1985
The Migrants
E31 · Airs Jun 3, 1987
The Kayapo
Documents life among the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil, a fiercely independent tribe, who were forced to become "businessmen" or see their traditional way of life destroyed.
E32 · Airs Jun 10, 1987
The Basques of Santazi
E33 · Airs Jun 15, 1987
The Lau of Malaita
E34 · Airs Jul 13, 1988
The Whalehunters of Lamalera
E35 · Airs Jul 20, 1988
Across the Tracks: Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
E36 · Airs Jul 27, 1988
The Wodaabe
E37 · Airs Jun 13, 1989
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
Documents the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira.
E38 · Airs Jun 20, 1989
Villagers of the Sierra De Gredos
E39 · Airs Jun 27, 1989
The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
E40 · Airs Jul 18, 1990
The Mende
E41 · Airs Jul 25, 1990
Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
A description of a village on Kiriwina Island, in the Trobriand Group, including their yam cult, fishing, life, traditions and, especially, the position of women in Trobriand society.
E42 · Airs Aug 1, 1990
The Kalasha: Rites of Spring
E43 · Airs Jul 17, 1991
The Mursi - The Land Is Bad
E44 · Airs Jul 24, 1991
The Mursi - Nitha
E45 · Airs Jul 31, 1991
The Albanians of Rrogam
E46 · Airs Aug 7, 1991
Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo
E47 · Airs May 11, 1993
War: We Are All Neighbours
In a Muslim/Catholic village near Sarajevo, rumors fly and suspicions spread. When Catholic Croats assert control, Muslim businesses are attacked, villagers arrested and harassed, and homes threatened.
E48 · Airs May 18, 1993
War: Orphans of Passage - Sudan
E49 · Airs May 25, 1993
War: The Longest Struggle

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: May 19, 1970

Time to finish

37 hrs

49 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Episodes

0 of 0 watched

E1 · Airs May 19, 1970
A Clearing in the Jungle
The Panare of Venezuala still live the same way of live they have always known, and refuse to accept outside influences. There are no laws, and everyone is equal. But how long can they survive the onslaught of the developed world?
E2 · Airs Jun 8, 1971
The Last of the Cuiva
There are only 600 Cuiva, a group of nomadic hunters left in Columbia, with perhaps another 400 across the border in Venezuela. They once roamed the plains, but now are restricted to a small strip of land.
E3 · Airs Jun 15, 1971
Embera: The End of the Road
There are around 10,000 Embura river people living in Colombia, but the government are about to drive the last of the Pan-American highway right through their territory. They also face constant threat from descendants of former Negro slaves
E4 · Airs Jun 22, 1971
War of the Gods
Protestants and Catholics compete to enforce their religion on the traditional Maku and Barasana people of the forests of Colombia.
E5 · Airs Apr 18, 1972
The Tuareg
The Tuareg live in the Sahara dessert at the foot of the mountains of Algeria. After a couple of invasive visits by white troops, very few remain living the traditional life of status veils and tea drinking.
E6 · Airs Jul 4, 1972
The Meo
Originally Aborigines in North and Central China, the 250 000 remaining Meo have been forced southwards, and now live in villages around Southern China and South East Asia.
E7 · Airs Nov 20, 1973
Kataragama: A God for all Seasons
At the shrine of the god Kataragama in the jungle of Ceylon, there is a festival of payment for help received. This film focuses on one family who need his help to find their missing 11-year old son.
E8 · Airs Nov 27, 1973
Dervishes of Kurdistan
The Dervishes are a group of Kurds, a people who have no homeland, who are being allowed to live in Iran.
E9 · Airs Nov 13, 1974
The Mursi
The Mursi are a tribe in Ethiopia who, when not worshipping Allah, are at constant war with their neighbours, the Bodi.
E10 · Airs Nov 20, 1974
Mehinacu
In the Shinghu National Park in Central Brazil live the 70-strong Mehinacu, a tribe in which men and women have distinctly different roles, almost like two communities sharing the same land.
E11 · Airs Nov 27, 1974
Masai Women
The Masai live along the Rift Valley near the Kenya-Tanzania border. They keep large amounts of cattle, for whom they have great respect, and the men have many wives, who they also see as a form of wealth.
E12 · Airs Dec 4, 1974
Quechua
High up in the Andes of Peru, live the Quechua, who breathe the thin air and grow potatoes far away from the rest of the world.
E13 · Airs Dec 11, 1974
Ongka's Big Moka - The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea
The influential leader of New Guinea's Kawelka tribe spends five years amassing an abundance of valuable items including 600 pigs and a motorbike only to give them away in a festive ceremony called the Moka.
E14 · Airs Dec 18, 1974
The Sakuddei
The Sakuddei are a small clan of traditional people living in the rain-forests of Siberut in The Mentawai Islands off the west coast of the mainland of Sumatra. But modernized Indonesians want to inflict their culture and religion upon them.
E15 · Airs Apr 8, 1975
Masai Manhood
In east Africa, across the borders of Kenya and Tanzania is Loita, where we now follow the Masai men during their ritual in preparation for mandatory moranhood, which means serving as a warrior.
E16 · Airs Dec 29, 1975
The Kirghiz
E17 · Airs Jan 5, 1976
The Shilluk
E18 · Airs Jan 12, 1976
Eskimos of Pond Inlet - The People's Land
E19 · Airs Jan 26, 1977
Some Women of Marrakesh
E20 · Airs Feb 23, 1977
The Rendille
E21 · Airs Apr 13, 1977
Sherpas
E22 · Airs Nov 23, 1977
Umbanda
E23 · Airs Feb 20, 1980
The Pathans
E24 · Airs Mar 9, 1982
Witchcraft among the Azande
Presents the role of witchcraft among the Azande in spite of their acceptance of Christianity. Focuses on its usage in adjudicating disputes, curing illness, assuring success in the hunt, and purification of the newborn.
E25 · Airs Mar 16, 1982
Asante Market Women
Examines the matrilineal and polygamous Asante society of Ghana through interviews with women, who exercise complete authority in the wholesale produce market, and with their husbands and children.
E26 · Airs Mar 23, 1982
The Kwegu
E27 · Airs Apr 27, 1983
Inside China: Living with the Revolution
E28 · Airs May 4, 1983
Inside China: The Newest Revolution
E29 · Airs May 18, 1983
Inside China: The Kazakhs of China
E30 · Airs Oct 14, 1985
The Migrants
E31 · Airs Jun 3, 1987
The Kayapo
Documents life among the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil, a fiercely independent tribe, who were forced to become "businessmen" or see their traditional way of life destroyed.
E32 · Airs Jun 10, 1987
The Basques of Santazi
E33 · Airs Jun 15, 1987
The Lau of Malaita
E34 · Airs Jul 13, 1988
The Whalehunters of Lamalera
E35 · Airs Jul 20, 1988
Across the Tracks: Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
E36 · Airs Jul 27, 1988
The Wodaabe
E37 · Airs Jun 13, 1989
The Kayapo: Out of the Forest
Documents the opposition of the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil to the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Altamira.
E38 · Airs Jun 20, 1989
Villagers of the Sierra De Gredos
E39 · Airs Jun 27, 1989
The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
E40 · Airs Jul 18, 1990
The Mende
E41 · Airs Jul 25, 1990
Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea
A description of a village on Kiriwina Island, in the Trobriand Group, including their yam cult, fishing, life, traditions and, especially, the position of women in Trobriand society.
E42 · Airs Aug 1, 1990
The Kalasha: Rites of Spring
E43 · Airs Jul 17, 1991
The Mursi - The Land Is Bad
E44 · Airs Jul 24, 1991
The Mursi - Nitha
E45 · Airs Jul 31, 1991
The Albanians of Rrogam
E46 · Airs Aug 7, 1991
Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo
E47 · Airs May 11, 1993
War: We Are All Neighbours
In a Muslim/Catholic village near Sarajevo, rumors fly and suspicions spread. When Catholic Croats assert control, Muslim businesses are attacked, villagers arrested and harassed, and homes threatened.
E48 · Airs May 18, 1993
War: Orphans of Passage - Sudan
E49 · Airs May 25, 1993
War: The Longest Struggle

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