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About The Dark Side of Modernizing an Isolated Tribe | My Year with the Tribe | EP 3

Will returns for his third trip to try and find August and his family. But when he gets there they are nowhere to be found - apparently they have gone to a “grub fest” two days walk away in the forest. Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.

The Dark Side of Modernizing an Isolated Tribe | My Year with the Tribe | EP 3 is presented by Documentary Central. Its listed runtime is 59 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a culture & people documentary, The Dark Side of Modernizing an Isolated Tribe | My Year with the Tribe | EP 3 uses modernizing, isolated, tribe as its central frame. Cultural documentaries are most useful when traditions are understood as living practices rather than decorative customs. Pay attention to who carries knowledge, how it is passed on, and which economic or social pressures are changing it.

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The Dark Side of Modernizing an Isolated Tribe | My Year with the Tribe | EP 3
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59 minutes
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English

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