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One Strange Rock Manene Ceremony

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Genre
Documentary
Featured Content
Bizarre, Ceremony, Culture, Death, Family
Islands
Sulawesi
Regions
South Sulawesi
Narrator

Will Smith

Producers

Jane Root

Darren Aronofsky

Director

Christopher Riley

Camera Operators

Patrick Lavaud

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FORMAT

TV Miniseries

RELEASED

2018

EPISODE

S1E5

TITLE

Survival

Overview

A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe, brought to life by the only people to have left it behind – the world’s most well known and leading astronauts.

In This Episode

Without the cycle of death and sacrifice, life would not exist on Earth; from the deaths of stars to mass extinctions. this is the story of how life evolved hand in hand with death; death drives evolution, ensuring that life is never wiped out.

In This Sequence

Toraja Ma'nene Ceremony

Jungle Run Production Services

Djuna worked closely with a Torajan fixer to time filming of the rare Ma'nene ceremony. Joe hired colleague Patrick Lavaud, and his Steadicam, to film a moving portrait of what must be the world's strangest family reunion.

Video

Gallery

Locations

Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

Toraja

Production Companies

Overbrook Entertainment
Nutopia
Protozoa Pictures

Distributors

National Geographic Channel
Disney+