The Tribal Eye - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Behind the Mask
David Attenborough looks at the Dogon tribe of Mali, a cliff-dwelling tribe living in isolation in the desert 100 miles south of Timbuktu.
Crooked Beak of Heaven
David Attenborough investigates the rich, yet sadly vanishing, culture of the North West American Indians of the tribe of Haida, Gitksan and Kwakiutl.
Sweat of the Sun
David Attenborough investigates the wealth and culture of Central and Southern American tribes: Aztecs and Incas.
Kingdom of Bronze
400 years ago the kingdom of Oba in Benin was a very powerful and splendid domain in West Africa. Today Benin city is a bustling Nigerian town and the society of bronze-makers still produces bronzes in the manner of its ancestors.
Woven Gardens
David Attenborough looks at beautiful rugs woven by tribeswomen of Central Asia and the Middle East, which were the first examples of exotic art to be appreciated by the West.
Man Blong Custom
The bush people of Malekula in the New Hebrides still use skulls to make sculptures. In the Solomon Islands a movement has arisen dedicated to the revival of tribal customs.
Across the Frontiers
David Attenborough discusses the effect the outside world is having on tribal life and art.
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