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The World About Us: Magic in the Hills

on BBC Two England

A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the people who live on it.

Primitive medicine is the subject of tonight's film which comes from the rain forests of Malaya. Dr. Ivan Polunin, a lecturer in medicine at the University of Singapore, has for many years been studying this art as practised by aborigines in various parts of the world. Magic in the Hills is an account of his journey, to meet the Jah Hut people of Malaya, and to observe the fascinating ritual and practice of their applied medicine. (Colour)

Contributors

Subject/Filmed and directed by:
Dr. Ivan Polunin
Presented by:
Eric Davidson
Film Editor:
John Nash

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