What kind of family is taboo for you? Not all families consist of a husband, wife, and their dependent children. At the roof of the world, where India meets Tibet, there is a 5,000-year old tradition known as polyandry–when a woman marries a man, she may also marry his brothers all at the same time.
In southwest China, Mosuo people are known as fanciers of free love, with no such thing as traditional marriage–or even a word for “father.”
And in Capetown, South Africa, gangs that terrorize the streets through robbing, selling drugs and killing become surrogate families to young men from the ghetto.
Released in 2004. TV documentary, part of National Geographic’s Taboo documentary series.
This is a trailer.
