Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World

1992-1992
1 season
PBS

A 1992 documentary series hosted by anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis that explores universal human themes through the lives of indigenous peoples as they face the modern world.

1992-1992
1 season
PBS

A 1992 documentary series hosted by anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis that explores universal human themes through the lives of indigenous peoples as they face the modern world.

Season 1 Episode Guide

10 Episodes 1992

Episode 1

The Shock of the Other

Sat, Feb 1, 1992

Host David Maybury-Lewis revisits the Xavante of Brazil to see how they have changed since 1959, and then journeys into the Peruvian Amazon to unravel the mystery of the Mashco-Piro.

Episode 2

Strange Relations

Episode 3

A Poor Man Shames Us All

Episode 4

An Ecology of Mind

Episode 5

Mistaken Identity

Episode 6

Inventing Reality

Episode 7

The Art of Living

Episode 8

Touching the Timeless

Episode 9

The Tightrope of Power

Episode 10