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Tribal Wives

Project Summary

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Genre
Documentary
Featured Content
Culture, Human Interest, Remote Wilderness, Traditional Knowledge, Tribe
Islands
Sumatra
Regions
Mentawai Islands
Narrator

Paul McGann

Talent

Andy Wraith

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FORMAT

TV Series

RELEASED

2007

EPISODE

S1E6

TITLE

Mentawai/Indonesia

Overview

Six women are given the opportunity to travel to some of the most remote parts of the world and experience life with a tribe. Like many women today, juggling with the pressures of Western life from careers to home and family, all the women think something is missing. By spending time with tribes in which women's roles are very different, they hope they can find some answers and, in doing so, change their own lives.

In This Episode

The Mentawai live deep in the jungle on a remote island off the coast of Sumatra - a monogamous tribe where women are tattooed and sharpen their teeth. Their lives are dominated by the spirit world and male sikerei, or witch doctors, watch over the village. Doctor Andrea Wraith joins the Mentawai tribe in Indonesia, witnesses the birth of a baby girl, and comes to question her definition of success.

Jungle Run Production Services

JRP blazed trail with a Mentawai tribe, convinced them to adopt a Brit, boiled their esoteric culture into a Production Bible, and coordinated a remote, month-long shoot for this BAFTA-nominated series.

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Locations

Sumatra

Mentawai Islands

Siberut

Production Companies

Bbc studios l
BBC
Diverse Productions
Goldhawk Media

Distributors

Link TV
Bbc studios l
BBC