Phil Agland

China: Beyond the Clouds

Phil Agland

Lisa Lu

Documentary series made in China in the early 90s. Agland was an anthropologist and he’d already made a wonderful series in the 80s about the Baka tribe in Cameroon. For Beyond the Clouds, he spent several years in a small town in Yunnan province telling the stories of various characters he met. He focuses on normal people but in doing so tells us about China’s past as well as its present and the monumental change that was coming.

Baka: The People of the Rainforest

Phil Agland

Denzel Washington

Intimate story of a Baka family living a traditional life in the rainforests of Cameroun.

The Woodlanders

Phil Agland

Rufus Sewell, Emily Woof

The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she can find a better husband than her childhood sweetheart, woodsman Giles. She marries handsome young doctor Fitzpiers, but soon finds out he's not the man of her dreams and she still loves Giles.

Selva Verde: The Green Jungle

Phil Agland, David Heeley

Wildlife in the massive Central American rain forest stretching across parts of Belize, Costa Rica and Panama. Observed: three-toed sloths, army ants and a jaguar.