
Tawai is the word the nomadic hunter gatherers of Borneo use to describe their inner feeling of connection to nature. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, explorer Bruce Parry travels the world to learn from people living lives very different to our own. From the jungles of Malaysia to the tributaries of the Amazon, TAWAI is a quest for reconnection, providing a powerful voice from the heart of the forest itself.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tawai is the word the nomadic hunter gatherers of Borneo use to describe their inner feeling of connection to nature. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, explorer Bruce Parry travels the world to learn from people living lives very different to our own. From the jungles of Malaysia to the tributaries of the Amazon, TAWAI is a quest for reconnection, providing a powerful voice from the heart of the forest itself.
Leave your thoughts about Tawai: A Voice from the Forest.
| Time OutAnna SmithIt's sincere, thought-provoking and gives you space to meditate on its message. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonWhile it may not always be expressed cogently and can occasionally feel a touch New Age, the message of this tranquil, sincere and sensitively made documentary is unquestionably worth heeding. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyParry makes for an amiable travelling companion. Will his unabashed tree-hugging translate at a moment of peak climate-change denial? We do hope so. |
| GuardianLeslie Felperin[A] well-meaning but rather woolly doc ... |
| Times (UK)Ed PottonHowever important the message of this film, however couched in research, it's essentially the same fortune-cookie philosophy that he has been regurgitating for years: we need to live in the moment and love each other. Man. |
| User ReviewSophie FBest documentary I have ever seen. A must see for all people. |
| User Reviewchris mInteresting film. Not immediately satisfying, but a delayed action thought provoker. Bruce spends time with different groups who exhibit different approaches to understanding life. The film offers up a theory on whole-brain and, maybe more contraversially to the mainstream, heart based thinking. This brings into focus, for me, how our cultural development has been farmed out to groups who have successfully peddled misconceptions about the bigger picture. |