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NOVA; Tribe That Time Forgot, The

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Series

NOVA

Program

Tribe That Time Forgot, The

Program Number

2115K

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

In 1976, an unknown Amazonian tribe made sensational headlines when they killed three government mineral agents who were prospecting on their hunting ground. From the weapons used, the tribe was identified as one previously thought to be extinct. Recently, a two-man film crew, together with an anthropologist who speaks the tribe's language, journeyed into the Brazilian Amazon to gain privileged insight into the lives of a people who have been living in a Stone-Age time capsule.

Duration

00:60:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Tribe That Time Forgot, The,” GBH Archives, accessed December 6, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7813EC7044D247F3A5785A38706C6E84.

MLA: “NOVA; Tribe That Time Forgot, The.” GBH Archives. Web. December 6, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7813EC7044D247F3A5785A38706C6E84>.

APA: NOVA; Tribe That Time Forgot, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7813EC7044D247F3A5785A38706C6E84