Saving Jungle Souls

Summary:

A nomadic chief leaves the Bolivian jungle to live with evangelical missionaries.

Website:

http://homelands.org

Additional Credits and Funding:

Photo (c) Nubar Alexanian
Consulting producers: Jay Allison, Christina Egloff
Contributing producer: Katie Davis
Series editor: Pat Flynn
Music: Fernando Torres
Funding: Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Timely on:

October: Columbus Day (although it works any time)

Tones:

Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

A sound-rich profile of Ataiba, chief of one of the last bands of nomads in the Americas, as he leaves the Bolivian jungle to live with evangelical missionaries. The story is told by Ataiba and the missionaries from starkly different points of view. Part of the Vanishing Homelands series, chronicling the dramatic changes to land and culture across the Americas.

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