Michael Yorke
Director
Under the Sun (1989)
Season 6
BBC series exploring cultures around the world.
Released May 25, 1989
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Dream Girls
The Takarazuka Revue is a highly successful musical theatre troupe in which all the actors are women. If they want to get married, they have to resign. The compensation is stardom and they are envied by millions of women across Japan. On stage they conjure up an impossibly romantic and glamorous world far removed from the narrow confines of housewives' and office-girls' lives. (a Twentieth-Century Vixen production for BBCtv)
June 26, 1994, midnight
S6E2 - Bull Magic
Bull-racing on the Indonesian islands of Sapudi and Madura is both a test of manhood and a statement of identity. We follow two young jockeys as they prepare for the annual tournament.
July 3, 1994, midnight
S6E3 - Theatre of War
Founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, France's prestigious St Cyr military school brands Frenchness into the hearts and souls of young officers using theatrical rituals and initiations, most notably a re-enactment in full period costume of the Battle of Austerlitz and the Grand Soir in which third-year students ceremonially dress the second-years in the traditional uniform of plumed hat, gloves, and epaulettes. We follow one class over the year before their graduation.
July 10, 1994, midnight
S6E4 - Guardians of the Flutes
A documentary about the extraordinary sexual traditions of the Sambia people of Papua New Guinea. Boys as young as 7 are taken away from their mothers and introduced to sexual practices by their (male) warrior elders. The film follows the Sambians' initiation ritual, a closely-guarded secret being conducted probably for the last time.
July 17, 1994, midnight
S6E5 - Women of the Yellow Earth
In the Yellow Earth district in northern China, where houses are caves cut into the cliff terraces, two women are about to become neighbors. One, a wife and mother, is being grievously punished for having too many children. The other has just arrived to celebrate her impending wedding. (a Cicada production for BBCtv)
July 24, 1994, midnight
S6E6 - My Country
Aboriginal stockman Harry Dixon taught white cattleman Grant Martin to hunt and shoot and to understand the land. New laws allow Dixon to claim a plot of land, but water is scarce, and Martin is unwilling to give his old teacher his due.
July 31, 1994, midnight
S6E7 - The Two Worlds of the Innu
Ron Huhndorf and Willie Kosiyue are at loggerheads. They are neighbouring Yupitt Indians from an isolated river delta in south-western Alaska. Ron welcomes the discovery and exploitation of oil in his settlement, while Willie is determined to halt what he sees as the destruction of tribal life. Through the contrast between the two men, we see in dramatic form the dilemmas facing Native Americans.
Aug. 7, 1994, midnight
S6E8 - Child of the River
Thirteen-year-old Uria goes to a Catholic boarding school on the remote Mentawai islands of Indonesia. Twice a year he returns to his home deep in the forest where his father is a sorcerer. When he arrives, Uria pits his new Christian faith and his literacy against his father's ritual invocation of the spirits.
Aug. 14, 1994, midnight
S6E9 - The Hamar Trilogy: 3: Our Way of Loving
It is three years since Duka left home to marry a man she had never met, and she now has two children. Her ambitious husband Sago's aspirations to become rich are thwarted by drought, rising prices, and the never-ending demands of his grasping relatives. Meanwhile Duka's cousin is preparing for his coming of age, which requires Duka be ritually beaten until her back bleeds. But a sudden death in the family puts the ceremony in jeopardy, and Sago must find a solution.
Sept. 8, 1994, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: May 25, 1989
Last Air Date: Aug. 20, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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