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Alan Ereira is a British author, historian and documentary filmmaker. He is a Professor of Practice at the University of Wales, Trinity St. David.
Life
Educated at
Kilburn Grammar School
Kilburn Grammar School was an English grammar school which opened in 1898 in Kilburn, north-west London. The school ceased to exist in 1967.
History
The school's history is detailed in a book by Richard E Brock. It was founded by the Rev. Dr. H ...
, Ereira subsequently worked at the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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on television and radio since 1965 contributing documentaries to the
Timewatch
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The ''Timewatch'' brandname is used as a ...
strand amongst others
He has been awarded the
Japan Prize for his 1978 documentary on the
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ...
, and the
Royal Television Society
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''Best Documentary Series'' award for his 1988 documentary on the
Armada.
Ereira directed a documentary called
''From the Heart of the World - The Elder Brother's Warning'' (1990) for the
British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC
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. In this film he documented his unique visits to the
Kogi people
The Kogi ( ), or Cogui, or Kágaba, meaning " jaguar" in the Kogi language, are an indigenous group that resides in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Colombia. Their culture has continued since the Pre-Columbian era.
L ...
of
Colombia
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, an indigenous ('Indian') ethnic group which survived attempts by the Spanish conquerors to destroy them by retreating high up into the mountainous area of the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
, where they now live. These meetings were only allowed by the
Kogi Mamos who normally restrict any direct interaction with the modern world. In Ereira's case, the Mamos made an exception as they saw him as the filmmaker they wanted to convey their message to the world.
Ereira regards the Kogi as unique amongst indigenous peoples in the Americas in that they have managed to retain their traditional culture almost entirely intact. Since the 1980s, the Kogi have warned, on the basis of their observation of ecological changes in the Sierra Nevada, that the world is facing an
ecological catastrophe
An environmental disaster or ecological disaster is defined as a catastrophic event regarding the natural environment that is due to human activity.Jared M. Diamond, '' Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed'', 2005 This point disti ...
. They asked Ereira to make his films about them to warn the rest of the world (and particularly the West) that it needs to radically change its way of living, and its exploitative attitude to the natural world, if it is to avert this catastrophe. Ereira later wrote about the filming of the documentary in his book ''
The Heart of the World
''The Heart of the World'' is a short film written and directed by Guy Maddin, produced for the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Maddin was one of a number of directors (including Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg) commissioned to make four ...
'' (1990). This book has been republished and retitled as ''
The Elder Brothers
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'' (1992) and ''
The Elder Brothers' Warning'' (2009).
''
Aluna
''Aluna'' is a 2012 feature-length documentary film sequel to the 1990 BBC documentary ''From the Heart of The World: Elder Brother's Warning (BBC documentary), From the Heart of The World: Elder Brother's Warning''. The first documentary show ...
'' is the sequel documentary to ''The Heart of the World: Elder Brother's Warning'' and was made by an
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
film crew
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and the
Kogi Mamos in collaboration with Ereira. This is to be the final warning to the world by the
Kogi Mamos, as it is apparent to them that the world did not heed their original warning in the first documentary. Ereira collaborated with
Terry Jones
Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy team.
After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and ...
on the documentary series ''
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...
'' (1995), ''
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' (2004) and ''
Terry Jones' Barbarians
''Terry Jones' Barbarians'' is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was written and presented by Terry Jones, and it challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian.
Professor Barry Cunlif ...
'' (2006), with whom he also co-authored the respective companion books.
In 2004 he also presented, wrote and produced a 6-part documentary series on the
kings and queens of England for
UKTV History
Yesterday is a British free-to-air history-oriented television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009. It is available on satell ...
.
Filmography
* 1988 ''
Armada'' producer, writer & narrator
* 1990 ''
From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning'' producer, director, & writer
* 1995 ''
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...
'' producer, director & writer
* 2004 ''
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives'' associate producer & writer
* 2004 ''
Kings and Queens of England'' producer, writer & presenter
* 2006 ''
Terry Jones' Barbarians
''Terry Jones' Barbarians'' is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was written and presented by Terry Jones, and it challenges the received Roman and Roman Catholic notion of the barbarian.
Professor Barry Cunlif ...
'' producer & writer
* 2012 ''
Aluna
''Aluna'' is a 2012 feature-length documentary film sequel to the 1990 BBC documentary ''From the Heart of The World: Elder Brother's Warning (BBC documentary), From the Heart of The World: Elder Brother's Warning''. The first documentary show ...
'' producer & director
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External links
Information about his work in South AmericaOfficial website of the second and final Kogi Mamos documentary
archived from th
Original
on 2 October 2013 using the Wayback Machine
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LinkTV video chat with Alan Ereira
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British writers
Living people
English people of Portuguese descent
Year of birth missing (living people)