Microcinema DVDs - Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey

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/EAN: 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 search of the golden-tailed Bird of Paradise, the symbol of eternal life. Aboard a black-sailed schooner they encounter storms and doldrums, sultans and transvestite priests, pearl-divers and python-hunters, before finally reaching the Aru Islands, close to New Guinea. Their odyssey with the Bugis tribe (who gave the word 'boogyman' to the English language) starts the Blairs on the inner journey which leads them ever deeper intothe forgotten wisdom of the island peoples.
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 living on "Dragon Island." On the island of Sumba, they witness a veiled form of human sacrifice by equestrian warriors. Master weavers of magical textiles, the Sumbanese still live by ancient beliefs, ritually keeping the balance between the "Merapu" gods of the sky above and "Nyali," the Sea Goddess of the world below. The brothers journey 50,000 years into the past to live with Asmat headhunters in New Guinea. They eventually reach Bali where they build a home in a village of farmers, artists and mystics.
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 plays, forgers of magical swords, healers with supernatural powers and whole communities ruled by the powerful "Spirit of the South Seas." Back in Bali, they meet such sages as the master artist Nyoman Lempad, who was to die a conscious death on the day of his choosing at the age of 116. And among the Toraja people of the Celebes highlands, they share in the massive funeral rites of the last king of the tribe which believes its ancestors came from the stars in skyships.
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 to no longer exist. The brothers struggle inwards, plagued by torrential rain, quicksand, leaches and virulent insects. Eventually, they find and live with the Punan Dyaks where they are initiated into the spiritual mysteries of the "dream wanderers." Lorne and Lawrence join the dance of the hornbill and get tattooed with the symbol of "Aping" - the Tree of All Life. This, their shaman explains to them, they will now bear, wherever they may get to amongst the tribes of man, as a reminder that all life forms are part of a single tree
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 series, sails again, eight years later on a retrospective voyage to many of the islands first visited and others never previously filmed.After the tragic death of Lorne, he takes thirty friends aboard an expeditionary vessel — from the Asmat swamps of West New Guinea, gradually westwards via the 'shark killer' nomadic seafareers, islands of giant bats, hidden reefs with seven foot Moray eels, deadly, banded sea snakes, the volcanic Spice Islands, and the megalithic cultures of Timor and Tanimbar — on an adventure through nature, tribal civilizations and transformational experience, ranging from our distant past up to the present day in Bali. Directed by Frontline's David Fanning and broadcast nationally on Public Television, Beyond the Ring of Fire brings to life the beautiful islands and spirit of the native Indonesian cultures with spectacular underwater footage and breath-taking photography. Produced by Lawrence Blair and David Fanning.