Fata Morgana (2004)

Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya tradition, and how he came to drink the plant medicine ayahuasca under his father's tutelage. Arévalo leads an ayahuasca ceremony for Westerners, and shares with us something of his understanding of the plants and the onaya tradition.

Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya tradition, and how he came to drink the plant medicine ayahuasca under his father's tutelage. Arévalo leads an ayahuasca ceremony for Westerners, and shares with us something of his understanding of the plants and the onaya tradition.

Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tradition despite Western encroachment?

Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tradition despite Western encroachment?

Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then women perform the !gwa dance.

Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then women perform the !gwa dance.

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pop’s children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life

For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pop’s children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

紀元前1万年の地球。狩猟部族の青年デレーはかつて父が村を抜けて姿を消したことに劣等感を抱いていた。あるとき、彼はマンモスをひとりで倒したとして若きリーダーに選ばれるが、実は獲物が勝手に自滅したという事実を隠せずに辞退してしまう。そんなある日、村が謎の部族に襲撃され、多くの村人や女たちが奴隷としてさらわれてしまう。その中に恋人エバレットがいることを知ったデレーは仲間とともに必死に後を追う。

紀元前1万年の地球。狩猟部族の青年デレーはかつて父が村を抜けて姿を消したことに劣等感を抱いていた。あるとき、彼はマンモスをひとりで倒したとして若きリーダーに選ばれるが、実は獲物が勝手に自滅したという事実を隠せずに辞退してしまう。そんなある日、村が謎の部族に襲撃され、多くの村人や女たちが奴隷としてさらわれてしまう。その中に恋人エバレットがいることを知ったデレーは仲間とともに必死に後を追う。

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

不正なアマゾンの森林伐採の実態を世に訴えるため、学生たちの活動家から成るグループは現地に赴く。その後、彼らの度を越した行動が目に余ったため全員強制送還されることになるが、その途中で搭乗機がエンジントラブルを起こしてしまう。熱帯雨林に墜落した飛行機の生存者たちは救助を求めるが、彼らを待ち受けていたのは食人族だった。

不正なアマゾンの森林伐採の実態を世に訴えるため、学生たちの活動家から成るグループは現地に赴く。その後、彼らの度を越した行動が目に余ったため全員強制送還されることになるが、その途中で搭乗機がエンジントラブルを起こしてしまう。熱帯雨林に墜落した飛行機の生存者たちは救助を求めるが、彼らを待ち受けていたのは食人族だった。

リオデジャネイロで人間に飼われて暮らすアオコンゴウインコのブルーは、妻のジュエルや3羽の子供たちと共に幸せな日々を送っていた。ある日、野生の仲間がいるかもしれないと知ったブルーは、彼らに会うために一家でアマゾンへと旅立つ。しかし、都会の生活に慣れたブルーたちはジャングルの奥地で様々なトラブルに遭遇してしまう。

リオデジャネイロで人間に飼われて暮らすアオコンゴウインコのブルーは、妻のジュエルや3羽の子供たちと共に幸せな日々を送っていた。ある日、野生の仲間がいるかもしれないと知ったブルーは、彼らに会うために一家でアマゾンへと旅立つ。しかし、都会の生活に慣れたブルーたちはジャングルの奥地で様々なトラブルに遭遇してしまう。