Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

Name: Tawai: A Voice from the Forest
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-09-29
Rating: 6.2

Documentary1h 41m

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60%

Tomatometer

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95%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.

Trailers

6 videos

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Details

DirectorsMark Ellam, Bruce Parry

ReleasedSep 29, 2017

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideUGB

Studios

Mangusta ProductionsQuest Unlimited

Creativity Capital

Reviews

6 reviews · 4 critics · 1 fan

2 fresh · 2 rotten

Tara Brady

RTIrish TimesOct 13, 2017

Parry makes for an amiable travelling companion. Will his unabashed tree-hugging translate at a moment of peak climate-change denial? We do hope so.

Leslie Felperin

RTGuardianSep 29, 2017

[A] well-meaning but rather woolly doc ...

Ed Potton

RTThe Times (UK)Sep 29, 2017

However 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.

David Parkinson

RTRadio TimesDec 26, 2017

While 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.