Product Details

• Actors: Wade Davis
• Directors: Andrew Gregg
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Smithsonian Networks
• DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Run Time: 186 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001QWFVZ0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,028 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis: Amid fierce debate over globalization, environmental protection and saving endangered species, have we overlooked our most imperiled resource, the cultures of humanity? In the early '50s, there were some 6,000 languages spoken by the world's indigenous peoples, but half of them were not taught to children. Host Wade Davis, noted anthropologist, ethnobotanist and conservationist, is an unparalleled voice of warning, once a culture is gone, it will never return. Within a single generation, we may lose half of society's intellectual, social and spiritual legacy. Davis searches for four disappearing cultures in this enlightening series, which includes Peru Sacred Geography, Polynesia Wayfinders, Himalayas Science of the Mind and Arctic Hunters of the Northern Ice.

Run time: 186 min

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Film, March 29, 2010

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Lisa Atkinson (LA, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Light at the Edge of the World (DVD)

I really enjoyed this film - it was relaxing, heart opening, mind expanding ... and exactly what entertainment need be ... uplifting and exposing the audience to experiences beyond their own daily routine of events. I am glad to have this film, to share it with family/friends, and together explore-grow in our understanding of what it means to be human.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 4 corners of the world, May 6, 2011

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Stephane E. Du Mortier - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Light at the Edge of the World (DVD)

Fascinating documentaries! 4 places, 4 angles, 4 corners of the world, thousands miles away geographically, mentally, spiritually. A jewel of a DVD!

Bought the DVD at the Smithsonian by luck, enjoy the approach to different cultures avoiding anti-colonialism traps, meeting the people for whom they are today with all their inner ancestors story.

Nice to be re-invited to others' way of thinking / relating to the world /earth and ocean / gods and beliefs.

A bit of fresh air in a globalizing world