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At the threshold

Return with host David Maybury-Lewis to the Xavante tribe in the jungles of Brazil, the Navajo of the American Southwest, and elsewhere to review the primary wisdoms that tribal people offer to our modernized world. Then travel to central France to explore the most perplexing dilemmas of the Western world--heart versus mind, body versus soul, the desires of the individual versus the needs of society. The program examines several tribal cultures and reflects on how they have kept a firm sense of belonging and being at home, wherever they find themselves.

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  • "Return with host David Maybury-Lewis to the Xavante tribe in the jungles of Brazil, the Navajo of the American Southwest, and elsewhere to review the primary wisdoms that tribal people offer to our modernized world. Then travel to central France to explore the most perplexing dilemmas of the Western world--heart versus mind, body versus soul, the desires of the individual versus the needs of society. The program examines several tribal cultures and reflects on how they have kept a firm sense of belonging and being at home, wherever they find themselves."@en
  • "Final episode in a ten-part series that explores the values and different perspectives of tribal societies and what the modern world can learn from them. David Maybury-Lewis examines whether the pursuit of self-interest has finally run its course in the 20th century. Through intimate views of family life of the Xavante tribe in Brazil, the Navajo of the American Southwest and a rural French family, explains why our survival as a species may now depend on rediscovering the wisdoms of our tribal past."@en
  • "Has the pursuit of self interest that has driven our society since the 12th century finally run its course in the 20th century? Explore this possibility in the Millennium series finale, "At the threshold". Return with program host David Maybury-Lewis to the Xavante tribe in the jungles of Brazil, the Navajo of the American Southwest, and elsewhere to review the primary wisdoms that tribal people offer to our modernized world. Then travel to central France to explore the most perplexing dilemmas of the Western World - heart versus mind, body versus soul, the desires of the individual versus the needs of Society. Visit a rural French family whose lifestyle exhibits the positive influences that Western culture has inherited from its tribal past. Through these intimate views of family life in tribal and Western societies, understand. Why our survival as a species may now depend on rediscovering the wisdoms of our tribal past."@en
  • "Explores the values and the different world perspectives that hold many tribal societies together and reflects on what the modern industrial world can learn from tribal societies. Visits the Xavante of Western Brazil, a Navajo grandmother, and the Aborigines, a rural French family."

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  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en
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  • "Millennium, tribal wisdom and the modern world. At the threshold"
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