Documentary
In the crystal clear waters off the coast of Borneo, a unique way of life threatens to disappear forever. For generations, the Badjao were oceanic nomads, living in harmony with the sea as fishermen and free divers. Nowadays, however, only a few Badjao remain, like Alexan, who still remembers the old ways. He hopes to pass his knowledge along to his ten-year-old nephew Sari, but time and opportunities are running out. Sari loves the sea, but it can only offer a hard life of subsistence fishing, while the nearby tourist resort sings a siren song of easy money.
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The American Nurse
Club Native
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Adele and Everything After
Out of State
Sex, Lies & Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story
Dominguinhos
The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Voyagers
The World's Smallest Fair
Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century
Dark Matter
In Free Fall
Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy
Wild Genius
Mountain
Mighty Ground
Plains: Testimony of an Ethnocide
The Domino Effect
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2008
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IMDB 4 | Sep , 2010
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2010
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IMDB 5.1 | May , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
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IMDB 5.6 | Nov , 2014
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