Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

Tawai - A Voice from the Forest (2017) (EN subs, commentary & extras) 720p.10bit.BluRay.x265-budgetbits
Tawai: A Voice from the Forest


Spoken languages
Malay, Hindi, English
Commentary track is English.


Extras
- Extended Interview With Iain McGilchrist (The video was almost all a static view of McGilchrist with occasional cuts of Bruce Parry. Only the audio is included in this release.)
- Ayahuasca. Bruce Invites His Brother Duncan To Take Part In An Ayahuasca Ceremony In Colombia
- Mbendjele. Bruce Meets The Mbendjele People Of The Congo Basin, And Observes The Vital Role Of The Women In Maintaining Balance Within Their Society
- Main feature commentary track with director Bruce Parry.


Links
Review by Roz Savage - Link
Film website - Link

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GENERAL INFO

Genre
Documentary

Plot
Explorer Bruce Parry travels the world, living with indigenous peoples, delving deeper then ever on a journey into the heart of our collective human conscience.


Encoding info
Extracted from Blu-ray (Tawai.A.Voice.From.The.Forest.2017.COMPLETE.BLURAY-VEXHD) with makemkv, encoded with HandBrake 1.3.1, tweaked slower preset, x265, 10 bit, sao/strong-intra-smoothing/rect disabled. Main feature encoded with CRF 27, Ayahuasca CRF 26, Mbendjele CRF 28.

Audio of Iain McGilchrist interview encoded to opus at 32k.

Forced subtitles burned in. No other subtitles available.

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POSTER


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SCREENSHOTS
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