Over 80 documentaries produced during the expeditions of the Ligabue Study and Research Center. A visual archive spanning fifty years of research, capturing unique encounters with cultures and civilizations, some of which have since disappeared.
The Tau’t Bato, the “Stone People” of Palawan
An encounter that took place more than four decades ago between us—already “people of skyscrapers”—and the Tau’t Bato, the “stone people,” deep within the forests of Palawan, in the Philippines. A multidisciplinary mission, a journey measured not in kilometers but in years—thousands of years that separate us from this peaceful group of farmer-gatherers.
Rapa Nui, the Easter Island
Through powerful and evocative images of Easter Island, now Rapa Nui, the documentary retraces the history of its people: from the origins of Polynesian settlement to the cosmological vision of the last megalith builders, and the fragile balance disrupted by the arrival of Europeans. Archaeological excavations accompany this journey, seeking to bring to light the island’s deepest mysteries.
Peoples on the edge
Divided by language and culture, in 1995—the year the documentary was made—there were approximately 5,000 minority groups across more than seventy countries worldwide. Many were already at risk of disappearing, while others were experiencing a gradual loss of identity, as traditions faded and cultures became increasingly fragile.
In the footsteps of the dinosaurs
A joint mission by the Ligabue Study and Research Center and the Natural History Museum of Paris traveled to Brazil and Bolivia, where it identified and studied a fossil site containing dinosaur footprints from at least 50 different species.