Global Village

Global Village ‘The Baaka Opera Part 1’

SBS HD

Thu, 29 Jul 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

In the heart of central Africa's equatorial forest, strange music emerges from the dense jungle: it is that of the Baaka pygmies, who sing and dance to appeal to the spirits of hunting and honey gathering. Their life is a never-ending song that expresses their intense spirituality and their deep communion with the forest.

Global Village ‘The Baaka Opera Part 1’

SBS ONE

Thu, 29 Jul 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

In the heart of central Africa's equatorial forest, strange music emerges from the dense jungle: it is that of the Baaka pygmies, who sing and dance to appeal to the spirits of hunting and honey gathering. Their life is a never-ending song that expresses their intense spirituality and their deep communion with the forest.

Global Village ‘The Baaka Opera Part 2’

SBS HD

Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

In the heart of central Africa's equatorial forest, strange music emerges from the dense jungle: it is that of the Baaka pygmies, who sing and dance to appeal to the spirits of hunting and honey gathering. Their life is a never-ending song that expresses their intense spirituality and their deep communion with the forest.

Global Village ‘The Baaka Opera Part 2’

SBS ONE

Fri, 30 Jul 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

In the heart of central Africa's equatorial forest, strange music emerges from the dense jungle: it is that of the Baaka pygmies, who sing and dance to appeal to the spirits of hunting and honey gathering. Their life is a never-ending song that expresses their intense spirituality and their deep communion with the forest.

Global Village ‘Ravenna / Life on the Delta’

SBS HD

Mon, 2 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series, Repeat

The Italian city of Ravenna and its early Christian monuments. / Life in the delta region on the mighty Ayeyarwady river, the bountiful fishing grounds of Burma. Besides supplying plenty of fish, the river has another role: it irrigates the rice paddies and sustains the life of the people who live in this region.

Global Village ‘Ravenna / Life on the Delta’

SBS ONE

Mon, 2 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series, Repeat

The Italian city of Ravenna and its early Christian monuments. / Life in the delta region on the mighty Ayeyarwady river, the bountiful fishing grounds of Burma. Besides supplying plenty of fish, the river has another role: it irrigates the rice paddies and sustains the life of the people who live in this region.

Global Village ‘Lava Caves / Nan Tien Temple’

SBS TWO

Mon, 2 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, CC, Series, Repeat

The Collins family settled in Undara Qld in 1861 and lived on the property for six generations running a cattle station. Throughout their property run lava tubes in a complex system of caves. These volcanic formations date back 190,000 years / The Nan Tien Temple in Wollongong is the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere. Silvio Rivier explores the temple, its grounds and interviews one of the female monks who lives there.

Global Village ‘The Vampire Fish’

SBS HD

Tue, 3 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

This series has sought out civilizations who still believe in magic, and whose people continue to share remarkable experiences with animals, hoping to win the favour of the spirits

Global Village ‘The Vampire Fish’

SBS ONE

Tue, 3 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

This series has sought out civilizations who still believe in magic, and whose people continue to share remarkable experiences with animals, hoping to win the favour of the spirits

Global Village ‘A Mnong Child’

SBS TWO

Tue, 3 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series, Repeat

Mnong tribesmen from Vietnam's southern high plateaux ride their elephants into the jungle to catch monitors and snakes.

Global Village ‘The Candidate’

SBS HD

Wed, 4 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

The second episode of this fly-on-the-wall documentary series portraying the every day life of two schools in the Ugandan town of Masindi, follows the Prefect Elections at Masindi Secondary State School.

Global Village ‘The Candidate’

SBS ONE

Wed, 4 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series

The second episode of this fly-on-the-wall documentary series portraying the every day life of two schools in the Ugandan town of Masindi, follows the Prefect Elections at Masindi Secondary State School.

Global Village ‘Show Me the Money’

SBS TWO

Wed, 4 Aug 2010, 30 minutes, G, Documentary, WS, CC, Series, Repeat

Fly-on-the-wall series portraying the everyday life of two schools in the Ugandan town of Masindi. The high school principal struggles to pay her staff and implements a new school fees policy.