April 08, 2022

An Evolving Man (AEM) Podcast #33 Bruce Parry – Behind The Scenes with BBC's Tribe, Amazon and Tawai/ Early Life/ Boarding School/ Military/ What He Learned

1 hour 18 minutes

Today on the podcast I am delighted to be speaking with Bruce Parry who is the BAFTA award winning producer, director and presenter.

We go behind the scenes of his TV shows, the BBC's Tribe, Artic, and Amazon and Tawai.

A really fascinating journey into what he has learned, his boarding school and military experiences and community.

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Bruce Parry is an English documentarian, indigenous rights advocate, author, explorer, trek leader and former Royal Marines commando officer.

His documentary series for the BBC entitled Tribe, Amazon, and Arctic have shown him exploring extreme environments, living with remote indigenous peoples and highlighting many of the important issues being faced on the environmental frontline.

He directed and produced the film Tawai in 2017 which explores the different ways that humans relate to nature and how this influences the way we create our societies.

Some of the areas he speaks about:

The making of his feature film Tawai.
Talking about meeting the Kogi Indians in Columbia and how that helped to bring about a huge change.
He talks about renunciation and how he went without drugs, alcohol and sex to help prepare for the film Tawai and the consequences when he broke his renunciation.
What did he learn from the tribal people's of the world to help us at this time while he was filming BBC's Tribe, Amazon and Arctic?
How do we bring the ancient ways into modern society?
He shares some of his own journey at boarding school and the military and the structure of those environments, contrasting with the tribal worlds.
What has he learned about community living? What makes a great community? What doesn't?
The importance of doing inner healing work – taking full responsibility for our own healing.
The power of listening – how he learned to listen to the tribes he visited
He talks about how the indigenous tribes like the Penan and the Mbenjeli have no violence. They see violence and aggression as a mental illness.
How competition doesn't exist in the tribes like the Penan. He shares stories of times with the Mbenjeli where he realsed that there was no competition.
His vision and words for the future.

To learn more about Bruce Parry's work please visit: https://www.bruceparry.com/about

And to support him on Patreon please visit:

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems.

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1

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Many blessings,

Piers Cross

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