Forgotten Bird of Paradise

Stills from this amazing documentary which focuses on the little-known Indonesian occupation and oppression of West Papua. As the video's description explains: '...the critically acclaimed undercover documentary, 'Forgotten Bird of Paradise', on the West Papua independence struggle... produced by English filmmaker Dominic Brown, who travelled in West Papua without the knowledge or authority of the Indonesian authorities. The film provides a rare and moving insight into the ongoing struggle for freedom being fought by the West Papua people against Indonesian colonial rule.'
























Watch the documentary in full (26mins):

Aerial-footage of an un-contacted tribe in Brazil

This amazing documentation filmed by the BBC has helped convince the Peruvian and Brazilian governments to better protect this remote region (and its indigenous Indian inhabitants; who are one of the world's last uncontacted* tribes) from the threats associated with the ever encroaching practice of illegal logging. This is the first time this particular tribe has ever been documented on film. This footage was first released on the 9th Feb 2011. Watch the video below in HD!













uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border

Uncontacted Amazon Tribe: First ever aerial footage from Survival International on Vimeo.

* UncontactedTribes.org define 'uncontacted' as 'Peoples who have no peaceful contact with anyone in the mainstream or dominant society. There are about 100 uncontacted tribes in the world'

More about un-contacted tribes