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This 5 film series documents the ten-year voyage of two filmmakers, brothers Lorne and Lawrence Blair, through the world's largest and least known archipelago - the exotic, mysterious islands of Indonesia. Their intimate encounters with the vanishing masters of tribal wisdom were to lead them from a physical adventure, into a deeper, more personal quest of self-discovery. Cut from 80 hours of 16mm film in co-production with WGBH, Boston, RING OF FIRE was produced and written by Lawrence Blair. Executive producer was Frontline's David Fanning. Beyond the Ring of Fire was directed by David Fanning.
Films include:
Spice Island Saga
Dance of the Warriors
East of Krakatoa
Dream Wanderers of Borneo
Beyond the Ring of Fire
Special features on the DVD include an interactive map and extra pictures and notes from the companion book.
| Catalog Number: MC-730 |
Type: Shorts Compilation |
Genre: Documentary |
| Copyright: 2003 |
Length: 300 minutes |
Format:
DVD Region: 0 (All) |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: 1-56176-496-5 |
UPC: 715098764962 |
| Label: Mystic Fire Video |
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Films In Compilation
Spice Island Saga directed by
Lawrence
Blair
USA,
Documentary,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:58:00
Following in the footsteps of the great 19th Century naturalist, Alfred Russell Wallace, the Blair Brothers embark with the piratical Bugis tribe on a 2000 mile journey through the Spice Islands in ...
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Dance of the Warriors directed by
Lawrence
Blair
USA,
Documentary,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:58:00
The Blairs sail to Komodo and film the giant, carnivorous lizards of the island whose tiny human population is descended from the people banished by the neighboring sultans of Bima to eke out their ...
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East of Krakatoa directed by
Lawrence
Blair
USA,
Documentary,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:58:00
In the shadow of Java's constantly erupting volcanos, the Blairs descend from the crater of the newly erupted "Child of Krakatoa" and encounter a world of medieval courts, mystical shadow puppet ...
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Dream Wanderers of Borneo directed by
Lawrence
Blair
USA,
Documentary,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:58:00
For eight-hundred miles, through untamed and uncharted rainforest, the Blairs seek the last of the nomadic Punan Dyaks, the free-roving masters of the interior, the "dream wandering" tribe believed ...
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Beyond the Ring of Fire directed by
Lawrence
Blair
USA,
Documentary,
2003,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:58:00
Lawrence Blair returns to a lost paradise at the outer edge of the known world. Lawrence Blair, whose ten-year odyssey through Indonesia with his borther Lorne resulted in the classic Ring of Fire ...
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