Under the Sun (1989)

50m Documentary

BBC series exploring cultures around the world.

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Episodes

  1. 1 1. Eunuchs: India's Third Gender1991-06-27 · 50mKiran was castrated four months ago. His best friend Harish yearns to be a woman but has a wife and two children. Shardabai is the Empress of the Eunuchs. She preserves the courtly
  2. 2 2. Do They Feel My Shadow?1991-07-04 · 50mPalestinian children in Gaza, armed with only stones and slogans, are fighting the Israeli military occupation. A staggering 20,000 children have been injured by live bullets, rubb
  3. 3 3. The Hamar Trilogy: 2: Two Girls Go Hunting1991-07-18 · 50m'When a girl gets married, she goes hunting' say the Hamar of southwest Ethiopia. No Hamar girl would want to remain unmarried, yet her wedding day is the saddest day of her life.
  4. 4 4. The Actress, the Bishop, and the Carnival Queen1991-07-25 · 50mDivination, sacrifice, spirit possession, and witchcraft all play a part in the preparation for a carnival that has taken place in the northeastern city of Recife in Brazil since t
  5. 5 5. Enemies of Silence: The Adventures of Two Mexican Musicians1991-08-01 · 50mThe real life story of two 'Mariachi' musicians who leave home in search of work. One joins the fight for the poor. The other is smuggled across the USA border through a network of
  6. 6 6. Last Pit in the Rhondda: The Final Cut1991-08-08 · 50mOn 20 December 1990, Mardy Colliery was closed, ending over 200 years of coal mining in the Rhondda valley. But the 300 miners have more to adjust to than the loss of their jobs. S
  7. 7 7. Portraits from a Dream Show1991-08-15 · 50mAsia's largest and oldest traveling circus winds its way across rural India, bringing fun, fame and fortune. Every few months the circus disbands to allow the players to return to
  8. 8 8. Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun1991-08-22 · 50mThe Wodaabe of the southern Sahara consider themselves 'the most beautiful people on earth'. Their slender and graceful young men, many of them seven feet tall, adorn themselves wi
  9. 9 9. Marriage Egyptian Style1991-08-29 · 50mIn the backstreets of old Islamic Cairo, marriage can be far from the ideal. Funny and resilient Wiza, a second wife deserted by her husband, is determined to find ideal marriage p

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