Ralph Izzard leads an expedition 250 miles from Calcutta to locate the nearly extinct Birhor tribe. He discovers them in the Saranda Forest, where they are totally reliant on their surroundings..
This film looks into what might have happened to the majority of the gold that was offered to pay for the freedom of the Inca Emperor Atahualpa after the Spanish conquistadors reneged on the deal.
Colin Thubron sets out on a journey to explore the mysterious facets of Shinto, Samurai, Sumo wrestlers, and Geisha girls in Japan, in the hope of unveiling remnants from the secretive era when Japan refused all contact with the West.
A physician travels to Laos to collect unique blood samples from tribes who have never seen white men before, but find himself going up against the local witch doctors.
A film about a 600-year old fertility ritual in central Mexico that was once accompanied by human sacrifice, in the hope of persuading the gods to bring back the rains.
