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Cambodia's Floating World

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Photographs by Claudia Ioan

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India

Camel Herders of Rajasthan

Where Rajasthan’s desert herdsmen bring their beasts to market.
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Macedonia

The First Romani-Language Dictionary

A singer/poet’s compilation helps preserve the Gypsy language.
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United States

Montana’s Old-School Buffalo Butchers

In Montana, a Native American buffalo hunt sets the scene for a conscientious frontier revival.
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Japan

The Japanese Monks Who Walk on Fire

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Outside Tokyo, Buddhist monks heat their feet as a test of faith.

Papua New Guinea

A Courtship Freakout

Come mating time, the King-of-Saxony male makes a ruckus. Collaboration: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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Spain

The Whistling Shepherd

A distinctive whistling language still echoes in the hills of La Gomera.
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News

"Dulce" Wins Big in Finland

Our latest short film, Dulce, has won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Tampere International Film Festival. We're thrilled!

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Women in the Peruvian Andes are reviving an ancient craft

No 109

Pull the shuttle through, under the weft. Turn. Now over. Now under. Now over again. Pull. Turn. Under. Over. Weaving is one of the oldest human skills, and in South America, the backstrap loom still used in parts of the Andes today has been around for more than 10,000 years. Now, however, this ancient process is meeting the 21st-century marketplace, as the women...

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Credits

  • Filmmakers - Billy Silva & Guille Isa
  • Editor - Billy Silva
  • Producers - Darrell & Oliver Hartman
  • Original Music - Christopher Gabriel
  • Color - Carlos Flores
  • Sound Recording - Maria Gracia Galindo
  • Sound Design & Mix - Josh Wilson
  • Text - Sarah Shachat

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