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Opinion Editorial: Ignoring Red Flags

The inability to heed red flags may be part of the human condition.

Flashback: our opinion editorial on world news from February 2020.

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Self Preservation

The Cherokee people demonstrate that self preservation is now their only option.

Annual Report
Annual Report 2022

Our annual report for 2022.

Empathy International 2022 grant
2022 Grant Awarded

We recently awarded an Institutional Educational Grant to Empathy International, a non-profit organization supporting indigenous education in northern Laos.

Indigenous Peoples Documentary: Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia

Travel to Southeast Asia to see how ancient indigenous cultures challenge change in the Twenty-first Century. Captivating scenes and in-depth narrative take you inside the history, customs and modern lives of the indigenous people of this part of the world. Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia will leave you re-thinking what you once thought about this region. Presented in Full HD (1920x1080p) at 60 fps. Educational package available.

All our documentaries.

Documentary Short Films: Indigenous Culture and Knowledge
Eagle Hunting: Mongolia's Last Remaining Eagle Hunters
Spend a Day with Mongolia's Last Remaining Eagle Hunters

Spend a day with 2 Kazakh hunters and their eagles.

Timelapse Documentary in Modern Maya Communities
Timelapse of Modern Mayan Communities

Life in 3 Guatemalan Mayan communities compressed by timelapse video.

How to Erect a Traditional, Indigenous Kazakh Ger/Yurt/Tent
Erecting a Traditional Kazakh Ger

Watch a Kazakh nomad home built in just minutes.

More indigenous peoples short films on our YouTube channel.

Travel Stories from Indigenous Communities
The Tusipono Embera Community, Panama
The Tusipono Embera Community

Visiting an indigenous Embera settlement near Panama City.

Indigenous Cocama
Priceless

Saving an indigenous Cocama child's leg.

Indigenous peoples of Shan State
An Ethnic Journey through Shan State

The Shan and many other indigenous peoples are to be found in this part of Burma (Myanmar).

More travel stories.

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